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Word: proportionate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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$7700, the largest sum ever raised in Cambridge from a sale of Christmas seals, was realized this year by the Cambridge Anti-Tuberculosis Association. A large proportion of this sum was contributed by Harvard students, who were appealed to for the first time for such a drive. The Association has...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS WORKERS RAISE $7700 IN CAMBRIDGE | 2/2/1925 | See Source »

Harvard buildings have this merit, if no other, that they remind the observer of nothing else under the sun. Collectively, they are a menagerie of architectural oddities; individually, certain of them possess singular beauty and proportion. University Hall especially is often cited for its purity and simplicity.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARCHITECTURALLY SPEAKING | 2/2/1925 | See Source »

The trials for the annual debate will be open to all undergraduates. Five minute speeches on the question, "Resolved: That the war debts of the Allies should be cancelled in proportion to the sacrifice in the war of the debtor nations", will be given, and six contestants will be retained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SET DATES FOR ANNUAL PASTEUR MEDAL DEBATE | 1/22/1925 | See Source »

Left-Handers. There is a larger proportion of left-handed men than women. Investigations seemed to indicate that high intelligence is associated with a high degree of laterality or at least with stability (that is, not with ambidexterity).-June E. Downey, American Psychological Association.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Grand Conclave | 1/12/1925 | See Source »

President Lowell, who expresses deep regret at the passing of Memorial, attributes it to an increasing habit of "eating about" at quick-lunch counters, cafeterias and the like. This is one of those explanations that need explaining. If it is true that civilized man cannot live without dining, it is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 1/7/1925 | See Source »

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