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Word: narrowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...favorable impression thus derived was not dispeleld by the mysterious words "Hoosic-Whisick" appearing on the cover. They are strongly suggestive of the invigorating medium "college spirit," not indeed in any narrow sense--Yale too appreciates their worth!--but in its broader and more fluid aspect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COVER DESIGN OF LAMPY'S LATEST IS SUGGESTIVE | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

...leaving England to tour the world in a boat called The Beagle. Darwin wanted to go. His father forbade the trip provisionally but arguments were found to convince him, and in December of 1831 The Beagle put to sea from Barn-pool, carrying Darwin and 73 men below her narrow decks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Darwin | 11/28/1927 | See Source »

...would walk through the halls counting the furniture that would be hers, when her mother died. Mrs. Fletcher would tighten her lips and help the cook to scrub the floors and bake the bread. The old invalid would lie upstairs, her mind full of a thin despair and a narrow, terrible enmity. At last, one afternoon, Emily came in to find her grandmother dead. Whether her mother had found the medicine which Mrs. Elliot had expected her to provide, could not be told. Perhaps she had discovered some drug to still the anger in that ancient twisted heart. Emily asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Avarice House | 11/28/1927 | See Source »

Personally, I except Yale will win, but Harvard has a chance, a narrow, fighting chance. Yale's offensive strength is directed mainly through its opponent's tackles and guards. An alert Crimson line can stop this style of play to a great extent. Yale's plays are not tricky. They are sound fundamental plays built upon power and team work. Now it is interesting to note that, with the excepting of Purdue, which not met Harvard before Coach Horween's team has struck its stride, no team has raised havoc with Harvard's forward wall through the medium of straight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIGHTING HARVARD LINE CAN STOP ELIS | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

...mental attitude at the right level and provided Captain Pratt's lineman play hard, charging, determined football, I look for a closely contested battle, with Yale on the winning side, but as I have indicated before, with the Crimson given a slim fighting chance to eke out a narrow victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIGHTING HARVARD LINE CAN STOP ELIS | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

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