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Word: met (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...teams met earlier in the season in a regularly scheduled game in which Exeter staged an uphill fight to nose out the Freshmen 48 to 40. Since then however the first-year team has improved greatly and it is expected that it will take revenge for the early season defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM ENCOUNTERS EXETER TODAY | 3/9/1929 | See Source »

...time there was the glory of being important. Countless little dangles hung from his watch chain and his name was on countless lips as well as often seen in the columns of the college paper. The dances were even better, for there he and his friends met all the nice girls. To Peter their conversation scintillated; it was ever so much more clever than his own. These girls really were clever, that was the wonderful thing about them; they always had something to say, and then, they laughed so easily. Peter began to think he too was quite a light...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 3/9/1929 | See Source »

...acclaim with which the Oregon system met in the recent Dartmouth-Harvard debate tent an impetus to its general adaptation by debating circles. Under the new procedure the first man on each team sets forth the arguments of his side. The second man questions the opposition, and one member of each team then summarizes the disputations which favor his contentions. The audience render the verdict after quizzing the participants to their own satisfaction. By combining the best elements of the Oxford system of free discussion and the present unsatisfactory American procedure, this most recent innovation in the sphere of intercollegiate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISCUSSION BECOMES GENERAL | 3/6/1929 | See Source »

...year Byrd tradition, as precious as her wedding ring. It is a ring of old white gold set with diamonds. Two hundred years ago it belonged to Evelyn Byrd, "the fairest flower" of Colonial Virginia, who, when she was presented at the Court of St. James's, met the gallant Earl of Peterborough. They fell in love and became engaged to be married. But when Evelyn Byrd returned to Virginia, her father flew into a rage. The Earl was a Catholic. The daughter of a loyal Church of Englander might never marry him. The lovely Evelyn died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mrs. Byrd's Land | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Pleasure Bound. The time-worn criticism that girls are overstressed and underdressed in the modern revue is met by the Messrs. Shubert in their latest effort. A girl-show which also brings forth Phil Baker, Jack Pearl, Shaw & Lee and Fred Hillebrand, may be accounted a balanced production. Moreover, besides all the homebred curves and complexions, there is a spick-and-Spanish dancer named Rosita Moreno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 4, 1929 | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

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