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Word: prospect (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Taken up on an ill-considered boast. Lothrop Withington '42 is faced with the prospect of downing a live goldfish in the Union at 6:30 o'clock tonight. Three freshman friends of Withington not believing it possible have offered him $10 for the feat and tickets will be sold to pay for tomorrow's show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING TO EAT GOLDFISH ALIVE TONIGHT IN $10 BET | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

These men have the opportunity to join the troupe permanently, with the prospect of larger parts next season, but at present the best extra's part is that of a gloomy individual who carries a bier. Among the extras are: Lathrop M. Forbush '39, Lester D. Berger 40, Arnold W. Frutkin '40, Alvin W. Shutzer '40, Peter H. Solomon '40, Waldo H. Stewart '40, John A. Waldo '40, Norman W. Getsinger '41, Kingdon W. Swayne '41, Richard M. Wagner '41, and William H. Lowe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 19 APPEAR AS EXTRAS IN ORSON WELLES' NEW PLAY | 2/28/1939 | See Source »

...Curwen--Harvard's best medley relay combination. Bossie, supposed to be home with a cold, gained a body-length over Finnerty, but Captain Callahan did has breastroke 100 in around 1:04 to pile up a huge lead over Waldron, another sick-list swimmer. Curwen was faced with the prospect of overcoming a deficit of almost one lap in the free-style leg, but Coach Ulen signaled him to ease up. The time, 3:04.8, was excellent for the Columbia pool...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Ulen's Cloud Brings Crimson Lining As Natators Defeat Columbia 41-34 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...public learned last week about a quiet little speech made by Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau to an Appropriations subcommittee in secret session last month. Testifying on the Treasury-Post Office supply bill, Mr. Morgenthau calmly observed that a public debt of $50,000,000,000 was in certain prospect for the U. S., and would by no means strain the nation's financial structure. Shocked protests answered Mr. Morgenthau. But realists on Capitol Hill knew that he was only putting it mildly. They knew that the PUB† era is here to stay as long as any member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Economy? | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...line-up changes are in prospect for Clark Hodder's squad tonight. Practice during the exams has been largely optional, with only three scrimmages since the Princeton up-set before the reading period. Hodder's charges will be at top strength, no injuries marring the line-up and no fatalities registered from examination results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOCKEY SIX MEETS ST. NICKS TONIGHT | 2/11/1939 | See Source »

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