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Word: owl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Doubtful States. Somewhere a wise owl once hooted: "That which is full of doubt is full of attention." And so it is with nine states where good and bad orators leap from stump to stump, where a casual epigram or a few kissed babies may make or unmake a U. S. Senator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: To the Polls | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

...disputes arising between any of the parties shall be submitted to arbitration in such form as the Advisory Committee shall determine. Harvard Clubs That Are Members to Agreement A. D. Club Owl Club Alpha Tau Sigma Club Phi Kappa Epsilon Club Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity Phoenix Club Argo Club Pi Eta Society Delphic Club Porcellian Club Digamma Club S. A. E. Fraternity D. U. Club S. K. Club Falcon Club Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity Fly Club Spee Club Fox Club Stylus Club Iroquois Club Styx Club K. G. X. Club Tau Delta Phi Fraternity Kappa Sigma Trident Club Lambda...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNOUNCE REGULATIONS GOVERNING CLUB ACTIVITIES--NO CANVASSING OF MEMBERS BEFORE OCTOBER 25 THIS YEAR | 9/25/1926 | See Source »

...University of Virginia there is the famed Raven, dedicated to the dark memory of Edgar Allan Poe. At Colgate there are the weird Skull and Scroll, and Gorgon's Head. University of California has its Skull and Key and its Golden Bear. Other famed senior societies: Owl and Serpent (Chicago), Iron Cross (Wisconsin), Skull and Snakes (Leland Stanford), Iron Wedge (Minnesota), Quill and Dagger (Cornell), Innocents (Nebraska), Mystical Seven and Skull and Serpent (Wesleyan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Wedlock | 5/31/1926 | See Source »

Judging from other recent expressions of politicals and observers, there are not a few Democrats who credit Senator Reed with having spoken with the owl's wisdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Party Business | 5/3/1926 | See Source »

...Whom did Senator Reed compare to a lot of chickens in a barnyard when an owl comes along? (See CONGRESS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: May 3, 1926 | 5/3/1926 | See Source »

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