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Word: johnson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Winthrop rallied in the closing minutes of the game, and the final whistle saw the Big Red team far down in Prexy territory, but a stubborn Timothy Dwight defense, headed by Chaney, pope, Trudeau, and Johnson, prevented them from scoring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE COLLEGE WINNER BEATS WINTHROP 19-7 | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

William H. Fleming and Richard G. Hershey argued for the winning Williston Club; Hans R. Frey and Stanley Johnson, representing the Root Club, furnished the opposition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WILLISTON CLUB WINS IN SEMI-FINAL OPENER | 11/17/1939 | See Source »

Harking back to the flagpole sitting days of the roaring twenties," the News said that the five seniors had only taken with them to their redoubt the necessities of life: a portable radio, blankets, a dictionary, and a copy of Boswell's Life of Johnson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELIS VOW TO LIVE ON ROOF TILL YALE LEAVES DOGHOUSE | 11/17/1939 | See Source »

...fools of everybody in the play. But at 83, G. B. S. is no longer foolproof himself. Despite some brilliant thrusts, he bumbles on far too long, says far too little. More of his ideas are old than new, more of his jokes forced than funny. But what Dr. Johnson said of women preaching is also true of octogenarian play writing: "It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Toronto: Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Best-beloved of guests were Osa and the late Martin Johnson. Osa was utterly fearless not only of animals but of the fragilities of Government House protocol, stood in the middle of the G. H. drawing room in a "zebra-striped silk dress . . . and brayed like a zebra, and everybody liked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Atlantic Wife | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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