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Word: sameness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The worst of the lesser evils around Harvard Square in recent years has been the practice of panhandling by clever professional hums. Newcomers to Harvard, especially, should be aware of this insidious form of getting aims, for by giving these men nickels and dimes they stoop to the weakness of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMENDING SAINT PAUL | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

For Freshman who wish to relax from the rigors of registration during the weekend, Boston's cinema houses offer one excellent picture and several more worth the dissipation of a few hours. Most appealing to this column is Warner Brothers' "Four Daughters", at the Metropolitan, which stars the Lane sisters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

Bart J. Bok, assistant professor of Astronomy, spoke on "The Structure of the Milky Way" at the same meeting, as did Donald H. Menzel, associate professor of Astronomy on "The Interpretation of Absorption Lines."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Astronomers Explain New Discoveries at Stockholm Conference | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

These conclusions were made by observing the magnitude of over 2000 variable stars in all parts of the Milky Way system. Since stars of this type all have about the same candle-power--about 200 times that of the sun--their magnitude determines their distance.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Astronomers Explain New Discoveries at Stockholm Conference | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

The unblinking realism of Farrell's pictures of lower-class life made critics overlook their monotony, their repetitions, and the fact that all the characters seemed to divide their time between languid day dreaming and fierce battling with other dreamers. When he finished his Studs Lonigan trilogy three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Neighborhood Novelist | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

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