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Word: springing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Majesty the Tenno (Emperor) Hirohito. All present knew that the present session is the final one of the last diet to be elected under a law which enfranchised only 3,000,000 property owning Japanese. The new law, to become operative when a new Diet is elected this spring, enfranchises 9,600,000 adult males. Hereafter the unenfranchised will consist of women and of those men who are either paupers or receive charitable aid from the state or individuals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Empire Tempo | 1/9/1928 | See Source »

...flood was rising higher. The tide of pamphlets had seemed to run in fortnightly or monthly waves. By keeping the block of stores at 95 degrees throughout the fall, I had been able to hold the paper flood in check, but what was I to do when the paper spring tides were upon...

Author: By G. K. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/6/1928 | See Source »

...filled out and returned before the mid-year examinations, in order to insure their inclusion in the Album. They may be left either in Mower 10 or at Notman's when the photograph is taken. Those men who are engaged or expect to engage in winter or spring activities should not hesitate to fill out their life blanks immediately, as their future activities will be added by the committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR 1928 ALBUM | 1/5/1928 | See Source »

...total of aeronautic action rolled up this fall by the Harvard Flying Club, it was announced last night by W. N. Bump '28, president of the organization. It also was learned that five newly licensed pilots and an increase in membership to 40 men from the 35 of last spring has been recorded on the club's roster since the opening of College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLYING CLUB SUBMITS ITS REPORT FOR PAST SEASON | 1/5/1928 | See Source »

There are pros and there are cons to this discussion and even the non-resident undergraduate can offer certain of his views. Boston has these in its favor: the Charles River, the State House (architecturally speaking), the Public Gardens in the spring, an excellent array of burlesque houses, beans, the intersection of Boylston and Tremont streets on a windy day, an interesting and odiferous market section, an Irish aristocracy which came over on the Mayflower, an English aristocracy which came over so long ago that it has forgotten the exact era, a charmingly decrepit business district, and good train...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRO AND CON | 1/5/1928 | See Source »

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