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Word: playing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...next play was clearly up to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as the leader of the other great power whose home shores are washed by the Pacific and who has been the defender of unrestricted trade with the Orient ever since the China Open Door policy was sponsored by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899. U. S. warships commanded by Commodore Perry opened up Japan to trade with the Occident in 1854, and today no argument short of dispatching units of the U. S. Navy to Japanese waters seemed likely to be effective. There was no sign that the President even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: New Order | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...practically everyone at Dartmouth-the dean, the football team, the coach, the college publicity office-behaved toward Gates with the utmost sympathy. In his room, a few nights before the Yale game, had appeared a white-clad figure who said: "I am the Lord, and I command you to play football with Dartmouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Heavenly Gates | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...fourth quarter, Roy Moore, booted a 50-yard spiral across the Berkeley goal. From the 20, the Mitres, with Lamoreaux passing and running, were unable to gain ground. Foster intercepted on the Mitre 25. On the next play, quarterback Don McSweeney whipped around right end, utilizing a deceptive change of pace, down to the Berkeley 5. This time Foster put the lid on by scoring over center...

Author: By J. PHILIP Lyford, | Title: Kirkland Steamrollers Eli Champions, 18-0 | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

Kirkland exhibited almost flawless timing on spinners and reverses. One play especially was deceptive, a center delayed buck on a fake spinner, which gained consistently. The entire Deacon line fought hard, tackled cleanly and effectively...

Author: By J. PHILIP Lyford, | Title: Kirkland Steamrollers Eli Champions, 18-0 | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

...touch football, they will, as champion Law team, meet the crack Business School aggregation next week. At the same time, the winners of the inter-House touch crown will meet the top School of Education squad soon, and the winners of the two games are to play for the mythical championship of Harvard University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Touch Football Championship | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

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