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Word: muchness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dartmouth is tops in the jumps: Blount in the broad jump, Haddon, Hunter and Blount in the high jump, and George Bailey and Dan Dyer in the vault seem too much for the Crimson's Partlow-Haydock-Madey trio. Blount will probably be the only man to hit the daily double...

Author: By Spencer Klaw, | Title: Harvard, Dartmouth Clash on Track | 5/6/1939 | See Source »

...long dull explanation to prove that genius is rewarded in gold, as well as in renown. The old court room scene is hauled in--this time, of all things, because of a patents suit. And by the time the right side obtains justice, no one cares very much, even though it seems that Alexander is awarded one-fifth of all the stock of Western Union for his invention. All this may have been very important at the time but nowadays it makes for pretty innocuous entertainment. Henry Fonda furnishes adequate comic relief, and the rest of the supporting cast strives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/6/1939 | See Source »

...worker on the crew. Last year Dick was an oarsman on the Jayvee crew, but it is far from a natural occurrence that he should be on the crew again this year. There has been at least one man on last year's Jayvee crew who found the competition much too touch to keep going this year...

Author: By William W. Tyns, | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

Professor Shapley said astronomers attach much importance to the fact that the objects form an "Intermediate" type, midway between the ordinary spheroidal galaxy and the ordinary globular cluster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shapley, Astronomy Head, Announces Identification of Gigantic Star Clusters | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

Billy didn't waste much time. Cramming his half eaten dog into Vag's hand, he scrambled onto the platform. At the game time Vag sniffed the wiener carelessly, trying to look as if he weren't with anybody. It smelled so good he took a size able bite, and hoped Billy wouldn't notice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

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