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Word: rivals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eleventh time Dartmouth tried to beat Yale and failed. Yale locked up Dartmouth's star, Myles Lane, in a cell of vicious tackles and won, 19-0. Though Lane went without his touchdowns he retained his lead in individual point score in the East, 101; since his nearest rival Booth of Pittsburgh (62), rested while his undefeated team sent substitutes to trample Allegheny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football Matches: Nov. 7, 1927 | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

November hour exams, which always begin in October and eventually drool on into the month whose name they bear, have been the subject for many a long and vacuous dissertation. As topics for conversation they rival the tyranny of the Yard police and discussion of the current cinematic animadiversions. Extensive vocabularies have ornamented the theme; dire threats have furnished the motif. And consequent results of all this oratory have been, up to this time, entirely lacking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BLEAK NOVEMBERS | 11/2/1927 | See Source »

Wall Street, puzzled by the silence of Mr. Ford, continued its speculation regarding his new moves and how they may affect his greatest rival, General Motors Corp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Ford's Power | 10/31/1927 | See Source »

While Harvard does not loom as Indiana's strongest opponent this season, after her defeat at the hands of Purdue, Indiana's sister school and traditional rival, the interest in this game will probably eclipse that in any contest of this year's schedule. Indiana is out to settle forever the supremacy of the West over the East, of the Big Ten over the Big Three, or its 1927 equivalent, of co-ed schools over the purely male variety, and in particular, of Indiana over Harvard. In addition a victory will establish their equality with Purdue and avenge the defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indiana Out to Settle Forever the Supremacy of the West Over the East, Says Graduate--Aim Is to Avenge 1921 Defeat | 10/27/1927 | See Source »

...credit for an action of this most graceful sort. Through their courtesy the older Crimson will appear on the field next Saturday. Indiana gains in popular acknowledgement of a thoughtful gesture, what she has willingly for saken of her own tradition. Harvard extends its admiration to a chivalrous rival...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SO SHINES A GOOD DEED | 10/26/1927 | See Source »

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