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Word: overly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Once again calling upon the University for more cooperation with local officials, the City Council last night unanimously requested the Fellows of Harvard University to hand over to the city a narrow "Polish Corridor" of land.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CITY COUNCIL WILL ASK STRIP OF LAND IN YARD | 11/29/1939 | See Source »

Died. James Willis ("J. Will") Taylor, 59, Republican boss of Tennessee, for 21 years a Congressman; of a heart attack; in La Follette, Tenn. In his early campaign days, J. Will Taylor, then known as "HillBilly Bill," electioneered by jumping over farmers' fences, plowing their fields for them while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 27, 1939 | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Refusing to believe that Harvard must always be without a School of Dramatic Arts, undergraduates vaguely hope for the time when a complete unit comprising stage, shops, and class-rooms will grace the College. In the meantime, concrete steps can easily be taken. Through a composition course in playwriting, undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GATEWAY TO BROADWAY | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

As for drinking and swearing, it is getting so a respectable citizen who wants to drop into one of Hanover's restaurants during houseparty time for a quiet scrambled eggs and coffee cannot avoid being embarrassed by the language and mental condition of the girls who are guests of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

The Yardling booters, after a hard-fought battle, triumphed over a stubborn Bulldog Pappy eleven 1 to 0 Saturday morning.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Defeat Yale Booters, 1-0 | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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