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Word: lightnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some reason, football games in the Stadium this season have ended later than in years past. Several of them continued into the dusk, with the whereabouts of the ball a mystery to the spectators and possibly to a few of the players. Only the light of a full moon guided Saturday's crowd from the stands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crepuscular Cavorting | 11/19/1929 | See Source »

Because of the inadequacy of the cage the practice was extremely light. The nature of the workout was not revealed other than that the squad listened to a blackboard talk by Coach Horween and after individual instructions three teams ran through a 45-minute signal drill. Whether or not the squad received some more new plays was not divulged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAIN FORCES SQUAD TO PRACTICE IN BRIGGS CAGE | 11/19/1929 | See Source »

...given a complete respite from hard work today when all 34 men and the entire coaching staff will motor to the Myopia Hunt Club for a day of rest. The squad will leave at 2 o'clock and will not return until late in the evening. A possible light workout may be in order if the weather is suitable. Tomorrow and Thursday Coach Knox's seconds will put on a demonstration of Yale plays and Coach Knox and Harper will give their impressions of the Blue team. Knox has scouted every Yale game since the Harvard-Army tussel while Harper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAIN FORCES SQUAD TO PRACTICE IN BRIGGS CAGE | 11/19/1929 | See Source »

...long drill is scheduled for the men for tomorrow afternoon. The work this week will be rather light, as Head Coach Stevens does not wish to run the risk of having any injuries. There will probably be no scrimmages held the next four days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE REGULARS IN PERFECT SHAPE | 11/19/1929 | See Source »

...revolve. On each drum is fixed a talking film on which one of the clearest-speaking operators in New York City, chubby Miss Catherine M. Shaughnessy, has registered digits or letters as the particular drum requires. When dialed, the drums swirl until the called symbols stop alongside telephoto tubes. Light shines through the exposed part of the drum film and modulates the tube current, which is transformed into the sound waves of Miss Shaughnessy's best accent. The manual operator listens, plugs in the call, does not even have to say "Thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Talking Phone Dials | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

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