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Word: peakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have not yet reached the peak of condition, but a return to the form shown in the Dartmouth game is hoped for. The objective of this week is the Holy Cross game, which is to be played in Cambridge on Saturday night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SMITH TO LEAD FIVE AGAINST TECHNOLOGY | 1/12/1926 | See Source »

These times have seen a peak of economic emphasis. It has not only been sensed like a rising wind but also materially felt like a rough stone surface; and the doctrine has followed that the pocket book parrates history. Thither has American historical literature tended. Professor Channing's works emphasize trade motives. Much of supposed revelation has been written of New England's rum and codfish aristocracy. Fiske's guileless picture of the Constitutional Convention, newer authors have reformed. The wealth, business, and lineage of the "Fathers" have been analysed to prove the Constitution but a bulwark of property. While...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EMOTION IN HISTORY | 1/7/1926 | See Source »

...Arena ice, preparatory to the meeting with the formidable Toronto skaters at the Boston Arena tomorrow night. The Crimson puck men, who showed a marked reversal from early season form in playing the strong McGill six to a standstill, are in good condition, and are rapidly reaching the peak of their game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VETERAN TORONTO SEXTET FACES CRIMSON TOMORROW | 1/5/1926 | See Source »

...Modern Language Conference will meet in Conant Common Room tonight at eight o'clock. Professor Walter E. Peak of Wesloyan will discuss "The Evolution of Shelley as a Poet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peak Speaks in Conant | 12/14/1925 | See Source »

...point Dr. Millikan was carrying on his experiments on top of Pike's Peak with featherweight instruments buoyed in air by small balloons; at another time he probed 60 feet deep in a snow-fed lake under the brow of Mount Whitney. Since it would take 10,000,000 volts to reproduce the ray artificially, Dr. Millikan points out that there is little likelihood of his discovery being utilized for some time to come. The Academicians were interested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: In Madison | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

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