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Word: possessed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Smaller courses, such as his Brahms and Beethoven classes, provide Mr. Ballantine with an opportunity to teach men really interested in music and not with the vague "I want to learn about music" feeling that men in Music 4 possess. Conscientious always, his talent as a pianist and the humorous touches which he brings to his lectures make him a successful professor...

Author: By Edward Ballantine, | Title: Potraits of Harvard Figures | 5/15/1934 | See Source »

...future in question. Myrna Loy, struggling with her loyalty, to both men, comes to the only sensible decision. All three behave logically, although the maelstrom of tragedy holds them in its grip. Yes, you might try the State this week. It will at least demonstrate that some New Yorkers possess commendable characters...

Author: By A. A. B. jr., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/12/1934 | See Source »

Courses containing fifty or sixty men present a problem which those large gatherings in the New Lecture Hall do not possess. The unfortunate professor in charge of the course not only has to lecture to his students but at the same time has to grade a large number of mediocre papers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVERWORKED PROFESSORS | 5/8/1934 | See Source »

...evidence to prove Faber's innocence, disregarding for the moment whether or not he is a schizomaniac, a dipsomaniac, a kleptomaniac or a spoofomaniac. The windy, spectacular oratory of the attorney for the defense is weapon enough to swing any jury from what little reason the members may possess to their emotional, misinformed sentimentality. But it makes wonderful newspaper copy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 5/7/1934 | See Source »

...race. When spring comes into the land and leaves it "so soft, so warm, so bloomin' blue" men are like to be caught unawares and say things they don't quite mean. Especially at such times are they wont to confer upon women powers which are not theirs to possess. And--for such are women--they will not help them in their blindness. The Vagabond would like leave to amplify this thought, for in the past, he, along with countless others, has been in error upon this subject of the powers of spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 4/10/1934 | See Source »

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