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Word: sets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...example set by the Biology and Physics departments in dividing their

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRADUATES DISCUSS ATHLETICS, COURSES | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...well qualified as this combination seems to be, it is little if any superior to the present team B backfield, T. F. Mason '30, S. L. Batchelder '31, and J. W. Potter '30. The possibility of Coach Horween's using these two sets of backs interchangeably seems to be strong. Such systems have been tried and often found successful, as for example in Yale's championship 1922 aggregation which employed as a rule one set of backs for each half. Mason and Potter both saw a good deal of action in the 1927 season, while Batchelder starred for the undefeated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...soon the University's riders in action should find their numbers increased, if the large attendance at the Harvard Yale polo games of last year be any index. Polo as a spectator's game is in the curious position of being over advertised by the clothiers of the smart set publications, and under appreciated or oftener unknown among those who find much of real beauty in other sports. One is glad that polo can be played and seen literally at Harvard. One is gladder that in this sport the factor of lost time has been erased...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW NORMALCY | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...wonder why my connections with field athletics would bring to my mind the subject of politeness, so I'll explain how this idea came to me. The men of Harvard are the cause of it. They are the most courteous and polite set of men I have ever met on an athletic field. It seems to be traditional with them to be gracious even when in the heat of competition, to accede whenever possible to the wishes of an opponent. I am referring here to their field men, their shotput, discus, hammer and javelin men, who, both in physique...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

Mutilated body packed into a crate and set adrift, but there is a triangular birthmark−and a love affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

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