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Word: personable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...choose a President, a Vice-President, and a Secretary-Treasurer of the Freshman Class will be held today in Sever Hall from 9 until 1 o'clock and in each group of the Freshman Dining Halls from 12 until 1.30 o'clock. Voters will express their preference for one person in each group of candidates and must sign their ballots. The election is in charge of a committee headed by R. P. Post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN CHOOSE OFFICERS TODAY | 2/13/1929 | See Source »

Round 14. Mr. Rockefeller Sr., aroused, in Ormond Beach, Fla., issued his first formal public statement in ten years. In the diplomatic third person, he pronounced false any reports that he was not heart and soul with his son. "It has been an unpleasant duty for him [the son], but one which in all good conscience he could not shirk," said Father Rockefeller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rockefeller v. Stewart | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...scenario with an average plot is aided very little by the directing. It is very noticeable that certain of the casting was done with an eye to the person's voice with the result that in certain minor roles an inexperience is shown which was not so obvious in the declasse pantomime pictures...

Author: By B. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

Probably the most valuable book in the Widener collection is a copy of Poe's "Grotesque and Arabesque" printed in 1840. This book contains the author's greeting to the person to whom the book was presented. It is believed to be the only volume of his writings that Poe ever presented to anyone, and would probably bring one of the highest prices ever paid for a book if put up for public sale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLECTIONS--and--CRITIQUES | 2/6/1929 | See Source »

...statement to the CRIMSON yesterday, Harper said, "That all nominations for officers of the Freshman Class be dictated by one person would be wholly undesirable. For that reason I wish to impress upon the members of the Class of 1932 that this list of nominees is merely to start the ball rolling. It is hoped that by next Monday, a good many additional nominations by petition will be received. The names that appear below are those which have caught my attention, merely because they have received more publicity, but in point of popularity and desirability as leaders, many others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNOUNCE NOMINATIONS FOR FRESHMAN OFFICES | 2/5/1929 | See Source »

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