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Word: standings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senator Underwood. Senator Blease mouthed the Constitution of South Carolina and described the life and death of Jefferson Davis. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania mumbled election returns from his state, said he hoped to reach Georgia by dawn. A correspondent in the press gallery whispered: "Poor fellow, Reed would stand on his head on the Senate floor if Bill Vare asked him. . . ." The Senate restaurant was out of coffee. Mr. Heflin was asleep on a lounge; a thoughtful jester had covered him with a red drapery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bad-Natured End | 3/14/1927 | See Source »

...been penalized by setting the runner back a yard. It was decided, however, that this penalty was too sever, and the rules were amended to allow a first false break go unpenalized, while a second would cause the disqualification of the hurdler. To make the hurdles better able to stand up under the hard usage they undergo, it was decided to increase their weight from 16 to 24 pounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR OUT OF FIVE RULES APPROVED BY FARRELL | 3/9/1927 | See Source »

...more than adequate to the religious life of contemporary Harvard. Are there not other and greater opportunities fittingly to honor Harvard's dead in the almost boundloss field of this University's activity? This, according to well-founded rumor, is the general platform upon which the opposition takes its stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S WAR MEMORIAL | 3/9/1927 | See Source »

...Room of the Union at 8:15 o'clock. It will be open to members, and ladies may be brought as guests. This is one of the main features of the evening and members are specially requested to bring some friend. Guest cards may be obtained at the News-Stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTRUMENTAL CLUBS TO GIVE UNION CONCERT | 3/8/1927 | See Source »

With the six of the ten Conference universities having stadiums that seat from 55,000 to 90,000 and the nation-wide recognition of the high stand of the Conference in matters of eligibility and recruiting of athletics, the Conference offers a good field for intersectional games with Yale, Harvard, Princeton, which take an equally high ethical stand in these matters in the east...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 3/8/1927 | See Source »

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