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Word: pervious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...criticism that lately has been passed on it, there lay some kind of truth, the members of the committee have started to rebuild their system completely. The fundamental suggestions have already been made in last Friday's conference with the heads of the various settlement houses in Boston. Pervious to that conference, only one side of the matter had been discussed, and that was the side pertaining to the student worker himself. The effect that he produced on the settlement house heads, equally important to a reorganization of the entire system, had not been touched upon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RESULTS | 5/4/1925 | See Source »

...spring the team under his supervision, after a number of discouraging defeats finally accomplished his ultimate aim by defeating Yale. The 1921 season was more successful and Yale was defeated in two straight games after a mediocre season in which Coach Slattery's charges won 14 of the 22 pervious games. Last year after losing only 4 of the 24 games played previous to the Yale series, the Crimson, after dropping the first game and winning the next lost the final game and series to Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coaches of Major Sports at the University Have Excellent Records | 3/29/1923 | See Source »

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