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Word: lights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...morning workout on Saturday was very light with the two shells paddling downstream to the submarine base and back at a beat seldom exceeding 24. The Thames was quite rough, with a strong southeast wind whipping up white caps before the rain started...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WIND, RAIN AND TIDE SLOW UP CREW IN THAMES TRIAL | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...dining hall is separate, across the stream, by pine-needle path and rustic footbridge. Small owls and bears, wrought in bronze, light the way. In the dining-room, the furniture is heavy mahogany, carved with a cloverleaf pattern. The 14-foot table seats 30 people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Brule | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...Charles Gates Dawes, noncandidate, what of him? He is the "dark horse" who looms so big and light that the whole country saw him coming a year ago. He is (to use the cadence if not the context of a nominating speech) a man whom the Administration dislikes, distrusts and fears not a little; a man who, by failing to submerge politely in the Vice-Presidency, made things hard for the President and helped cause the present fissure in his Party. There are four aspects of Charles Gates Dawes: 1) The striking individual who smokes a freak pipe, wears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGNS: Grand Old Party | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...light following wind and an ebb tide made conditions for the trial very favorable. It was the second row over the course for the Harvard crew, but the first one in which the eight did more than paddle. The time was 14 seconds faster than the clocking turned in by the Yale eight day before yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST CREW ROWS FAST TIME TRIAL | 6/8/1928 | See Source »

...Sullivan '28 and J. N. Barbee '28, who have both been nursing sore arms for the last few weeks, were able to join the squad in a light workout during the last practice session. Both players are expected to be fit for action by the end of the week. Sullivan will probably fill his regular berth at shortstop in the Notre Dame game Saturday. If he does, G. E. Donaghy '29 will be shifted to the hot corner. Barbee, it was reported, may receive the call for mound duty against the westerners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RHODE ISLAND NINE TO ENGAGE HARVARD | 6/6/1928 | See Source »

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