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Word: periodical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ahead from the opening whistle, the Crimson hoopsters limited the Tigers to one field goal for the first period and seven for the entire game. Two redheaded forwards, Leavy White and George Lowman, led the Varsity attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASKETBALL TEAM SCORES 36-22 WIN OVER TIGER FIVE | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...main text, but attached to it, however, is a slightly significant agreement by General Motors, "the within a period of six months we will not bargain with or enter into agreements with any other union or representative of employed" without gaining the U.A.W.A.'s sanction. Simply put, the union will have, for six months, free rein in its membership drives, will be on top of the labor heap. Thus this minority labor group got a very real concession...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPPORTUNISM DE LUXE | 2/13/1937 | See Source »

After six weeks of vacation and reading period the Hilary Term has begun. Most conversation these days starts with some reference to that evergreen topic, the inclement weather and ends with a sharing of vacation experiences or with some witty comment on the escape of three wolves from the Oxford Zoo. The last wolf was shot today, so sheep once more can graze with peace and the Oxford girls ride their bicycles and stay out after dark...

Author: By Christopher Janus, Former STUDENT Vagabond, and Now AT Wadham college., S | Title: The Oxford Letter | 2/13/1937 | See Source »

...line argument is that four years is a good period of study, and that a man is only educated after living in college for four years. It is true that this period suits a great majority of college men, that most of them "feel just about old enough to graduate" after matriculating for the usual number of years. On the other hand, the fact stands firm and irrefutable that tastes and temperatments differ, and that a man should be fire to make his own choice in a question so uniquely concerning himself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S PATERNALISM | 2/12/1937 | See Source »

...osmosis in four years than he will by continued application in three. The surprising minimum of effort expended by some students tends to refute this belief. The point here is that many students do not seize the opportunity provided for true education at Harvard, and would not if the period were extended form four to forty years. These men do only the required forms of work, and the time they wish to take to do it should be made a matter of free choice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S PATERNALISM | 2/12/1937 | See Source »

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