Word: seesaws
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that Nor graduated from Vassar without any further trouble with algebra, at 28 has just finished her interneship at the Philadelphia General Hospital. He wisely started Winkie earlier, taught her to solve algebraic equations at the age of 5 by telling her that the equal sign was like a seesaw and the numbers on both sides were like children. Father Scott coached Winkie for the geometry in her College Entrance Examinations for Bryn Mawr, in which her mark was 99. Net gave no trouble until, out of Bryn Mawr and married to a wholesale druggist, she tried...
...Barkley," shouted Judge Russell, as he drew out the first slip. "Harrison," barked Judge McKellar on the second. "Harrison."' "Harrison." "Harrison." "Harrison." "Barkley." "Barkley." "Harrison." "Barkley." Seesaw. Seesaw. When the vote reached 37-37 there was a pause and a dead silence. The final ballot looked "big as a quilt" to Candidate Barkley, who bit off his pipestem...
Halted after 11 innings of seesaw baseball because of darkness, the Crimson nine was forced to be content with a 9 to 9 tie in its games Saturday with St. John's at Soldiers Field...
Undoubtedly the feature bout was a brilliant seesaw battle in the unlimited class in which Tudor Gardiner, undefeated Yardling, finally triumphed over Roderick H. Cox 1G by the meagre time advantage of 1:53. At different periods during the exhaustive match both came within a hair's breadth of pinning the other...
...time ace of the University of Colorado team, to enter the lists against Arthur W. Page '40, undefeated Yardling grappler. Preliminary to meeting Seymour J. Rubin 2L, who took the title in the 135-pound division last year, William T. Hull '40 defeated William H. Fain '39 in a seesaw extra period encounter...