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Word: sevenths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Arizona. Oldtime Democrat George Wylie Paul Hunt was chosen Governor for the seventh time (missing only three terms) since Arizona became a State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Travels with a Donkey | 11/10/1930 | See Source »

Visiting Angora last week was Hungary's Count Stephen Bethlen de Bethlen, Prime Minister. Occasion for these two auspicious visits: Seventh birthday of the Turkish Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Bear-Hug | 11/10/1930 | See Source »

...much noise. A charred tree trunk plugged into a hole in the inner wall suggested that Israelite trumpeters blew blasts to hide the work of Israelite engineers who were picking holes in the fortifications. Every hole was plugged with a wooden beam or a dry tree trunk. On the seventh day, the wooden fillings were set on fire. Two walls surrounded the city. The outer, 8 ft. thick, rolled down the slope on which Jericho was built. Portions of the inner wall, 12 ft. thick, resisted the fire, still stand. Charred dwellings give evidence to substantiate the Biblical account that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 11/10/1930 | See Source »

...made known yesterday at University Hall. The average age of men admitted under the old plan, 18.47, is lower than that of those refused admission. 18.70, Candidates of the latter plan who are refused admission, however, are generally younger than old men who fail. Those admitted on the highest seventh plan are considerably younger than either of the other classes, with an average age of 17.72 as compared with 18.46 for the old plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Average Age of Applicants for Admission to Harvard College Is Lower--Larger Percent of Entrants From Private Schools | 11/5/1930 | See Source »

...case last year, a larger percent of men entering came from private schools and tutors than from the public schools. A larger percent were refused admission from the public schools than the private institutions. On the other hand over 92 percent of those admitted under the highest seventh plan came from public school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Average Age of Applicants for Admission to Harvard College Is Lower--Larger Percent of Entrants From Private Schools | 11/5/1930 | See Source »

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