Word: referse
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"We have a system," is Dr. Thorndike's proudest claim. He refers to the staff of 12 men who are available on Soldiers Field during the fall season to take care of and prevent any injuries. These are chief surgeon Thorndike, five assistant surgeons, and six men qualified as masseurs...
Franklin Roosevelt refers to the leaders of such movements as the "lunatic fringe." Their lunacy, if such it is, is ever among human beings, the urge of Something for Nothing. The moon which causes that lunacy may be the earth's satellite or human evolution, but the moon is...
Editor Rose, who diplomatically refers to her readers as "growing-ups," promises them good clean fun from "Sunrise to Sandman." Selected titles from table of contents for the November issue are: "Gloomy the Camel," a story; "Boo Boo, the Woods Boy," a picture story; "Helping Around the House," subtitled, "Do...
* Strictly speaking, the word Viking refers only to Norse pirates.
When a Londoner uses the word "Prom" he refers not to a college dance but to an extraordinarily popular series of concerts given every autumn at London's ugly old Queen's Hall. Unlike Covent Garden concerts, the Promenade series are not fashionable. Main reasons for the concerts...