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Word: regular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week police searched the labyrinthine cellars of the Houses of Parliament for spies, even poked through the ventilating system and set a patrol on the roof. At 2 p.m. workmen and staff employes were sent home, and soon afterward certain brawny nobles staged a regular Rugger scrum for the tiny Peers Gallery. One peer was knocked down, although the Earl of Glasgow had cautioned beforehand: "I do hope your Lordships will manage to conduct yourselves with decorum!" Last measure introduced before the session was scheduled to become secret was The Gas and Steam Vehicles Excise Bill. Too decorous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Fight to the Finish? | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...earth. We're not so bad." In general the press survey went far toward confirming Sir John Anderson's evident feeling that there can be nothing very awful about even such ostentatiously "lowlife" dives as the Nut Club in Greek Street so long as its regular patrons continue to include such people as Mrs. Anthony Eden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Harpies and Hussies | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Their first regular game is with Belmont Hill on Tuesday night. Belmont has many regular back, and the game promises to be a close...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 43 HOCKEY OUTLOOK BRIGHTEST IN YEARS | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...information that these men must wait several months before they can start their training, and it becomes plain that the course is pretty well bogged up. The instruction will have to be telescoped during the second half of they year, which may put considerable strain on the students regular curriculum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLYING LOW | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...pounders for the present, but he is unlikely to hold the post all year. Two Seniors, Al Richter and Art Page, could probably take his measure if they were in shape, and Bruce Richardson would overpower them all if he could descend to their ranks from his regular 145 class--another stiff reducing job. Dick Thomas. Sophomore scissors expert extraordinary, exponent of the crucifix, Oklahoma ride, etc., will prove to be a mighty tough customer for all comers at 145 pounds...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: What's His Number? | 12/14/1939 | See Source »

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