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Word: sniffer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...games which would draw greater attendance. But in spite of pressure, even from within, the Director of Athletics has wisely and consistently refused to acquiesce. Should Harvard release Yale from the September 15 agreement, it will simply mean that football practice at Cambridge will have to commence sooner, that sniffer schedules will eventually be arranged; it will mean a return to all the emphasis and ballyhoo from which Harvard has, with some success been trying to extricate its football...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOWARDS FOOTBALL GREATNESS | 12/6/1933 | See Source »

...that lived on Leaves of Grass." In spite of all, Author Pitkin remains incorrigibly optimistic. With not unheard-of scientific naivete he hopes to save mankind by mechanization of many of man's functions. In his age of Super-Sense, "A hay fever sufferer will . . . have a pocket sniffer which will enable him to detect in the summer breeze the April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Braining Stupidity | 4/4/1932 | See Source »

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