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Word: scrubs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...furnish a basis for a good part of these statistical presumptions. From eight in the morning until midnight are the doors of the Princeton library open for admittance; from morn to midnight may one finger leaves and copy notes; from midnight to morn may the goodies mop and scrub...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIME AND TIDE | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

...discovery of her guilt after acquittal by a jury trial. The Trial of Mary Dugan. As the ever laggard audience strolled into the National Theatre they found the curtain up. It was an uninteresting, drab courtroom scene they saw and it, too, filled up gradually with actors-lawyers, policemen, scrub women, gum-chewing onlookers-who meandered onto the stage as haphazardly as the audience to their seats. Then the Judge rapped for order. Ann Harding, as Mary Dugan, accused of murdering her paramour, was ushered into court. The trial was on. The dull courtroom walls fairly trembled as attorney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 3, 1927 | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

Although Team A was not on the field against the scrubs for more than a third of the 60 minute scrimmage, the first combination showed that it had already reached a high stage of coordination and smoothness. In the seven plays following the opening kickoff, the first team, with J. P. Crosby '28 and David Guarnaccia '29 carrying the ball, marched 85 yards to score the only touchdown of the afternoon. Once more the first string backs, following their interference through the holes opened in the scrub line, carried the ball down within striking distance of the goal line. This...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORWEEN DRIVES ELEVEN IN ITS LAST SCRIMMAGE | 9/30/1927 | See Source »

Jones, a fast but very light quarter back, who has hitherto been obscured in scrub ranks is as yet very much of a dark horse. It seems doubtful, however, that he will be able to supplant his heavier and more experienced rivals. Brown, an end of experience and known worth, was shifted to quarter last week. He has shown up well in his few appearances in that position so far, but has too recently changed over to give any certain indications of his future development--By TIME...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 9/30/1927 | See Source »

...star pivot of the eleven. Bell is a powerful defense player and an accurate passer. In addition to the two veterans mentioned above the University coaches have A. B. Bigelow '30, a strong and consistent performer on last year's Freshman eleven, and B. H. Dorman '29, first scrub center last November to fall back on Dorman was alternate pivot on his Freshman team two years ago, but last year at the beginning of the season he was started in the class ranks. Here his playing soon attracted the coaches attention, he was promoted to the Seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 9/28/1927 | See Source »

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