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Word: likings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cicero has a greater percentage of really fine folks than any city of similar size in the country. I should like to have you personally spend an evening with any of our fine family, club or social groups, or spend a day talking and visiting with our business and professional men on Cermak Road, or the side business streets, and I'll wager that thereafter your opinion would not be so biased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 11, 1939 | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

...Ulen, like Dick Harlow, is going to have to reply on the efforts of a group of sophomores during the coming aquatic season. Just how capably these men can carry the burden about to be thrust at them in a 13 meet schedule is doubtful for the time being. So far, the second-year group can be judged only by last year's performances, which were made none too striking and by the spirit shown during practice mansions this fall. Time trials have been few. The spirit has been encouraging...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

...which means several full speed 25's or 50's, and after that Half sometimes advises ten more "easy" to loosen you up again. The practice is concluded by some of the boys kicking a few laps and others just jumping in for a quick dip. You see, they like swimming. It should be obvious, then, that spirit is not only a good thing to have in a team--it is a necessity if the arduous workouts are to be endured...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

...like Bob James, Sam White, Lee Bird, Chet Legg, Adrienne Simpson have not been lost in the shuffie and may be heard from before long. Senior forward Charley Lutz, of course, takes a backseat to no one in the East as an all-around floorman and is an invaluable steadying influence on the young team...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: What's His Number? | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

...empire. On December 5, last Tuesday, Lord Halifax rose in Commons to quash their proposals: "We only court disaster if we forget that no paper plan will endure that does not freely spring from the will of the peoples that alone can give it vigor and life; and international, like our own national, institutions must be very securely and deeply anchored on reality." It is startlingly evident that Lord Halifax feels he is better qualified to interpret the "will of the peoples" than those who propose world federation. As for the "reality" he prizes so highly, it is safe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION WHEN? | 12/8/1939 | See Source »

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