Search Details

Word: slump (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...line celebrates its first anniversary at the game tomorrow and it is expected that it will pull out of the little slump which was evident at Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREEN SEXTET TO FACE FAVORED CRIMSON MEN | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

...When she was 4. her grandfather placed her vocabulary at 5,800, listed the words to prove it. Proudly, last week, Grandfather Vizetelly reported: "Jeanne has learned 2,000 words this year. She will continue at this rate until she is 12 years old. Then there will be a slump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 11, 1935 | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

...Montreal, the Maroons interrupted a slump by beating the St. Louis Eagles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hockey: Mid-Season | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

Perhaps these exams spur a few lazy scholars out of the pre-vacation slump, but in subjecting everyone to such an ordeal in order to stimulate a sluggish minority is patently unfair. The contention of others that they benefit by a review of their studies is true to a certain extent, but a quizzing of trivial details contributes little to one's education, while those broader essay subjects which evoke individual thought require more time. If some mid-semester's grade is necessary, then to submit term papers would be far more profitable than hour exams. Irksome and worthless, those...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WITCHING HOUR | 12/3/1934 | See Source »

Southern California's worst slump in many years continued against a smashing, driving Stanford team that used straight forward power plays to win the Coast's big game at Palo Alto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 5, 1934 | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

Previous | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | Next