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Word: looke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leading citizens of Wisconsin both of whom talk well, talked last week: John J. Elaine, retiring Governor, U. S. Senator-elect, disciple of the late great free-speech Liberal Robert M. LaFollette; Glenn Prank, President of the University of Wisconsin. . . . Friends of Dr. Frank said he made Governor Blaine look like a Bourbon monkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 31, 1927 | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

Here they put together a nice little formula some time ago, about a mythical Kingdom, and a prince, and a little mistaken identity, and an American girl, and that horrid vulture "duty to state" which comes along and spoils everything, while the chorus girls mourn and strive to look desperately fetching in their pastel frocks...

Author: By E. R. C., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/27/1927 | See Source »

...students in a large lecture course are swamped with offers of assistance. If he feels the need of professional advice he is sometimes forced to choose between different seminars conducted by rival sophists; and if he tries to attend them all he will have trouble in finding time to look over his notes on the subject...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MERRY WIDOW | 1/26/1927 | See Source »

...Just to look at her gave us pain...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/25/1927 | See Source »

...boating contests of 25 years ago on Lake Quinsigamond between Harvard and Yale in the old-fashioned sixes The 'Rah! Rah! Rah!' was then first heard; that of Harvard rolled out with a full strong sound, while that of Yale was given sharply and defiantly. Although both cheers look the same in print, the similarity is more apparent than real. Anyone who has ever been present at an athletic contest between these rival universities will have readily observed the difference between the cheers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson and Blue Oarsmen Inspired First Organized Cheers in College Sport--Early Cornell "Cry" Called Irreverent | 1/25/1927 | See Source »

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