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Word: plazas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...Parker, Jr. '32 and W. L. Thompson '32, head ushers of the military ball to be given at the Copley-Plaza Hotel on Friday, March 4, have selected 10 ushers to conduct the dance. Names of those in the receiving line were also announced last night by W. P. Elwell '32, chairman of the executive committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: USHERS AND RECEIVING LINE NAMED FOR DANCE | 3/2/1932 | See Source »

Harvard's fourth annual military ball is to be held this year on March 4, in the Crystal Room of the Copley-Plaza Hotel, it was announced last night by W. P. Elwell '32, chairman of the executive committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MILITARY BALL WILL BE HELD AT COPLEY-PLAZA | 2/16/1932 | See Source »

...Most interesting society woman; fearful tantrums; Plaza incident: Mr. _____ and sweetheart at one door, Mrs. ______ and sweetheart at another; clever chauffeur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Like Pig Iron | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

...Plaza, meanwhile, were congregated some 1,600 "hunger marchers" who had trucked into the capital from the North and Mid-West by Communist leaders for demonstration purposes (TIME, Dec. 7). These tatterdemalions, a forlorn, hollow-eyed crew of whites and blacks, paraded under police escort singing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Sitting of the Seventy-Second | 12/14/1931 | See Source »

About the Capitol machine guns were nested in high nooks and corners. Policemen carried rifles and tear bombs. An ambulance stood ready in the background. Washington's Superintendent of Police Glassford, smoking a long pipe, dashed about on a motorcycle. When the marchers reached the Capitol plaza they were encircled by police. Except for these jeers and songs, all was peace and order. A committee led by Herbert Benjamin was permitted to enter the Capitol. Benjamin started to push into the Senate chamber. Sergeant-at-Arms Barry blocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Sitting of the Seventy-Second | 12/14/1931 | See Source »

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