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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pepper was saying something about being "an employer too." Well, this was interesting. It gave Vag an opening because he wondered.... The waitress was wanting to know if he was through with the lamb. Desert already! And the Red Pepper had switched the, subject. Suddenly, halfway through his ice cream, Vag realized what was happening. He was being taken right out of the play like a Harvard end! Decoyed to the right, cross-blocked when he turned back toward the left, mousetrapped by the Master, he was missing the ball carried consistently and the game was nearly over. These union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/28/1938 | See Source »

...know," Thorp said, "that the greatest exhibition of grit I ever saw on a football field concerns a man you know. It was in 1910, and Penn State beat Pittsburgh 3-0. State had a tackle, one of the best there ever was, and he had water on the knee, had to be carried to the field. They put ice and stuff on his knee. The other team were confident that he couldn't play more than a few minutes. Well, he played an all-American game for 60 minutes. Name was Dick Harlow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tom Thorp, Dean of Umpires, All for "Schools of Learning" | 10/28/1938 | See Source »

...parts will be taken by members of the Club or other students who know something of the Greek language, and even the music is being written by students in the College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Classical Club to Present "Birds" of Aristophanes in the Original Greek | 10/27/1938 | See Source »

They are determined that their production of this hearty comedy will not be an exotic and incomprehensible trick, and great attention is being paid to the staging, masks, costumes and various pieces of "business" which will make the play understandable and enjoyable to those who don't know the language...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Classical Club to Present "Birds" of Aristophanes in the Original Greek | 10/27/1938 | See Source »

...been hanging around quite too regularly, thereby shattering the usual official complacency at Harvard's never center. How the horse gets in is a problem which has not been solved, even by the vigilance of Mr. Apted's stalwarts. Some days it just appears, that's all. And nobody knows when it will come again--or why. But officers of the University inside know their Trojan history, and they do not like the beast at all. It seems docile enough, never blocking Yard traffic, and invariably vanishes when closely approached or frightened. Nevertheless, all who have seen it agree that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRONTS OF UNIVERSITY WARFARE: WOODEN HORSE | 10/25/1938 | See Source »

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