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Word: limelight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these days when the limelight even of the Carnegie Foundation is turned upon football, it is interesting to compare our game with the English variety. The latter is, I believe, the older...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Rhodes Scholar Compares Rugby Football With American Game--Declares English Sport Equally Exciting | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

...Mussolini-Iike, limelight-loving Ralph S. Bauer (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Anachronism | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...will share the responsibilities of the Freshman Class with Hindmarsh next year was among the outstanding players on both the University football and baseball teams. As a football player he will long be remembered by Harvard men for his expert dropkicking and forward passing. He first came into the limelight in the fall of 1925 when he dropkicked Harvard to a surprise victory over Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HINDMARSH PICKED WITH CHAUNCEY AS DEAN OF FRESHMEN | 6/15/1929 | See Source »

...interest in Federal and State investigations of the methods used by big corporations to shape public opinion increases day by day, and as legislatures are devoting more and more time to the question, the whole field of business ethics is placed in the limelight for either a possible revision, or a vindication of its present actions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW BUSINESS ETHICS | 5/16/1929 | See Source »

...first Harvard forward line and his performances have marked him as one of the most outstanding players of Crimson ice history. Well grounded in the Canadian style of play, the captain-elect has proved to be equally efficient on the offensive and defensive. He first sprang into the limelight last year when his covering of Palmer, Yale ace, was one of the main reasons for his team's victories over the Blue in the 1928 series. In the first game against the Elis this last season, he scored both the goals which spelled defeat for the New Haven team. During...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GIDDENS WILL LEAD NEXT SEASON'S SIX | 3/20/1929 | See Source »

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