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Word: punching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...railroads by the will of the late Robert D. Jenks '97, of Philadelphia. Mr. Jenks was a lawyer, especially interested in railroad problems and statistics, and his collection is valuable. The library has lately received its regular shipment from England. Among the books received was a complete set of "Punch" for the Farnsworth Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW BOOKS AT WIDENER LIBRARY | 3/19/1917 | See Source »

...moose-heads on the wall may take on a sardonic grin, the face of our noted graduate may scowl from the canvas, the dowagers may fall asleep, and the tenderest member of the class become inebriated on the lemonade punch, but the music will not cease, nor the rhythmic footsteps falter. It is a great life. We may become leaders of the world in after years, but only once may we be Juniors at the dance. In later times we shall tell our children and our children's children of the glories of that magnificent ball, when the daughters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DAUGHTERS OF THE GODS | 2/19/1917 | See Source »

...proposes world peace, will do so for the sake of American safety and American interests. It is not likely that America's proposal will be accepted if she says, in effect: "We propose a world league to enforce peace, every member of which pledges itself to forcibly prevent or punch any breach of the world's peace-but we ourselves cannot promise to furnish a first-class military organization on less than two years' notice." President Wilson's "peace between equals" is a proposal of peace based on equal rights; but equal rights, in the world today, require equal duties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: League of Powers Proper Solution. | 2/1/1917 | See Source »

...stink of rotten punch, our hands are smudged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Monthly Well Written Throughout | 12/21/1916 | See Source »

...backs I have witnessed--Legore, Carey, Bingham and Smith--are well set up, have a drive that carries them forward when tackled and are exceedingly difficult to down in the open. On a dry field the attack is at its best. On a wet turf it lacks the punch and brilliancy that marks its work on firm footing, due to the principle folowed in advancing the ball off tackle or around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CROIX DE GUERRE AWARDED TO 5 YALE AND 2 PRINCETON MEN | 11/16/1916 | See Source »

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