Word: lot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would be a shame to spell the looks of the building by sticking a lot of fire escapes on the outside, and I wouldn't want the front of the structure to be ripped up making a larger exit...
Commissioner Valentine of the New York Police made a fiery speech to his department on Wednesday. "We want to tar the collars and dirty up the fancy shirts of a few of these mugs who hang around the night spots," he explained. "I think a lot of them are going to resist arrest, and there'll be many a black eye in the morning...
...Stahley and Harlow are working in harmony bids fair to speed the Varsity work in future years. Amazing as it may seem, under Eddie Casoy the Varsity and the Freshmen were taught two completely different styles of play, while the Jayvees had their own pet little systems on another lot. This ridiculous system led to the existence of a supreme confusion at Soldiers Field and necessitated complete drill is new systems of play with every promotion. But now this mess has been cleared away and for the first time since the days of Percy Haughton unity of purpose and method...
...victory and a tie were the lot of the Freshman football and soccer forces on Saturday. The football team was held to a scoreless tie while the soccer team nosed out Dartmouth...
...distance, like the airport falling away from an airplane. Above his head things grew cloudy, and he heard a voice, saying, "Not every one knows it, but at Harvard the students live in seven beautiful houses. They cost Mr. Harkness twelve million dollars. Twelve million dollars is a lot of money. In England twelve million pounds is even more money. Mr. Harkness's ancestors ran around in leopard loin-cloths, hunting wild boars for supper, and made fire to cook by rubbing two sticks together. These ancestors never knew what twelve million dollars looked like, but they had better teeth...