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Word: southerning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Army, faced with such sturdy Southern Methodists as Baccus, Roach and Watters, found it difficult to proceed, even by forced marches. Cagle, the West Point halfback, dodged through them several times. The final score was 14?13; the Methodists had missed one kick after touchdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records: Oct. 15, 1928 | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

Both legends date back to the Civil War when North Carolina troops were at one time stationed at Gettysburg. The outstanding brilliance of the Southern troops in withstanding almost alone the Union attack was jokingly attributed to tarred heels which could not give ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TARRED HEELS GIVE FIRM FOOTING TO CAROLINIANS | 10/13/1928 | See Source »

...team is built around its captain and center, Harry Schwartz, almost universally chosen as all Southern center in 1927. This is Schwartz's third year in intercollegiate competition and his wealth of experience combined with natural leadership abilities will go a long way towards keeping the team together as a fighting unit. Schwartz is not big; he stands five feet, 10 inches in height and tips the beam at only 180, but he has other qualities which will make him a man well worth watching in the battle with the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tarheels Invade Stadium With Eleven Versed In Rockne Play | 10/11/1928 | See Source »

Professor Paul Hazard, Professor of the Comparative History of the Literature of Southern Europe and Latin America at the College of France, Paris, and Exchange Professor from France to Harvard University during the first half of the year, will lecture this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in Emerson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hazard Lectures Today | 10/10/1928 | See Source »

...tithe swells the total. Part of Treasurer Carnes's job was to lend money to needy wayside churches, and Treasurer Carnes thereby made contacts with wayside bankers, whom he won as he had won the board. His word alone was good at many a Southern bank, and often he borrowed $15,000, $10,000 and like sums "for the board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Bad Angel | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

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