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Word: likings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pleasure the football games during my cadet days, between Harvard and West Point. In those days Harvard was always the visiting team, since the cadet team and the Corps left their home grounds only for the annual struggle with the Navy. We were always sure of a clean, sportsman-like contest, and the games with Harvard were close enough to be intensely exciting, but with the edge usually, I must confess, on the side of the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Army Graduate Reminisces on Point Traditions and Experiences | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

...which shows that the undergraduate at West Point was surprisingly like his Harvard brother, that human nature being what it is, the undergraduates of today are not less alike than those of the good old times, and that there is no basic reason why the men of the cannot continue to assemble together periodically to witness these friendly Crimson and of the Black, Gold and Gray contests between their teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Army Graduate Reminisces on Point Traditions and Experiences | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

...Really, though I don't know any Harvard men, I like them a lot. I did say I hoped the stories in the paper weren't true, didn't I?" she continued, turning to her press agent for confirmation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruth Etting, Ziegfeld's Glorified Girl, Picks Songs for the Amount of Heart Throbs They Have--Has Much Fan Mail | 10/18/1929 | See Source »

...pick my songs most of the time for the amount of 'heart throb' there is in them," she said. "You know, the kids like sob stuff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruth Etting, Ziegfeld's Glorified Girl, Picks Songs for the Amount of Heart Throbs They Have--Has Much Fan Mail | 10/18/1929 | See Source »

...reminded that women are among her strongest admirers. "Well, women like it, too, don't they?" was her quick answer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruth Etting, Ziegfeld's Glorified Girl, Picks Songs for the Amount of Heart Throbs They Have--Has Much Fan Mail | 10/18/1929 | See Source »

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