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Word: shines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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With a squad of nine fencers, Coach Rene Peroy set out yesterday for the Intercollegiate Fencing Meet at New York to be held today and tomorrow. Captain and epeeman Edward O. Miller '37, foilman William F. Gerber '37, and sabreman Edward S. Skinner '38 are expected to shine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swordsmen Seek Honors | 3/26/1937 | See Source »

These examinations should not, of course, be taken as a substitute for the regular college entrance requirements. The College Board examinations, by proving a man's ability to handle the discipline of routine courses, tend to weed out the fly-by-night scholars, who shine on aptitude tests but would do badly when it comes to vegetating in Widener. Thus, despite their value, the scholastic aptitude papers should not be made to take over the whole examination burden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE | 2/1/1937 | See Source »

...Reflected Glory" means Tallulsh Bankhead's glory reflected upon Tallulah Bankhead. Most commendably, however, Miss Bankhead's star is made to shine, not through the familiar expedient of excluding capable support, but rather through the skillful writing of George Kelly, with the maximum of adaptation to the peculiar talents of a peculiar artist. The actress is cast as an actress, and that leads to all sorts of dainty nuances. Sometimes Miss Bankhead acts the conscious actress, sometimes the unconscious actress, and sometimes she just acts...

Author: By R. T. S., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

...which is the home galaxy of earthlings. They may be distinguished by calling the local patches galactic nebulae, the great outer star clusters extragalactic nebulae. About 100 of the nebulae within the Milky Way are planetary: that is, they have a star at the core and are presumed to shine by light reflected from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beyond Earth | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

University of Minnesota yearbook athletic seem to shine with the brilliance of the Bierman achievement in football, beginning 1915 when Bernie obtained the Gophers the Big Ten title. In the record books of the University Montana, there is no such brilliance attached to Coach Bierman's name. Mustered out of the Marine Corps, he served two years as University of Montana's coach, years unsuccess enough to cause him to quit coaching in favor of selling bonds in Minneapolis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPOTLIGHTER | 11/28/1936 | See Source »

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