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Word: roof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Scott went on to assert that he believed less than 50 of the Oklahoma Aggies would drop out of college if football ceased to exist there. As a final suggestion he mentioned that a roof could be built over the stadium to make "a fine livestock pavilion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OKLAHOMA AGGIES TO HAVE 12 BULLS, NO GRID COACH? | 12/9/1938 | See Source »

Both men, members of the crew, had just finished a class under Bradford Washburn which deals with the surveying of mountains. In the absence of any Alps in Cambridge, they decided to penetrate into the attic of the Museum and survey the surrounding roof-tops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Amateur Surveyors Get Lost in Dark Attic Full of Decayed Mummies | 11/29/1938 | See Source »

...they were told by an unidentified person that they would find a light in the middle of the attic. The attic, located between the fifth floor and the roof, was known to be a dark, forbidding chamber...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Amateur Surveyors Get Lost in Dark Attic Full of Decayed Mummies | 11/29/1938 | See Source »

...different today. Vag didn't have any hens. And he didn't have a lot of other things, such as something to do when he got out of college or someone to pay him to do it, or a roof and three meals while he was doing it. And there was no place to go where he could shoot Indians or pan gold. He was going to have to do it the hard way. Security was no more, and even America's muchtouted opportunity was slowly vanishing. And yet somehow Vag was distinctly glad he had not been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/23/1938 | See Source »

Last week in the swank Viennese Room of Manhattan's St. Regis Roof Garden, a select group of swing fans sat out the most gilt-edged concert yet recorded in the annals of pure, impromptu swing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jam Session | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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