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Word: strays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Designed to eater to the tastes of those who were appalled by the exorbitant House football dances, the Winthrop post-season dance will take place on Saturday. Admission will be $1.00 a couple with the same price prevailing for stray stags...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 12/4/1940 | See Source »

...stone's throw from the Yale Bowl--in the same direction he was heading on that 78 yard punt return last Saturday. As a grammer school youngster, he used to watch the big Blues go through their afternoon workouts and hope for a chance to toss around a stray football. Now he has been taken out of the Elis' own back yard to be the Crimson grid captain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lee Named Captain of 1941 Senior-Studded Eleven; Excelled in Role of Safety Man and Pass Defender | 11/27/1940 | See Source »

...Freshman dance were also issued by the Union Committee, which announced that Don Gohan and his orchestra will furnish the music for the cavorting '44s at the dance on December 14. The dance is to be informal, and tickets will cost $1.25 a couple and $.75 for the stray stage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Events Scheduled For '44s in December | 11/20/1940 | See Source »

...Greece was announced. The R. A. F. was really active. Gloster Gladiator fighters patrolled over Greek cities, and bombers hit at Naples, Brindisi, Taranto and Albanian bases. The first British casualty was announced: an R. A. F. gunner, wounded in the head by what was described as a "stray bullet" from an Italian plane. British naval vessels arrived in Athens from Alexandria, carrying a few troops. Very useful in surprising and checking the Italians was a set of light anti-tank guns flown in apparently from Palestine. The British were happy to give all this, since it fitted like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BALKAN THEATRE: Murk | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

...consideration of the question of football scholarships, Harvard stands in a favored position. It has plenty of ivy and class, it has the journalistic prestige that means headlines for star performers, and it even has a vague quality known as "educational opportunities" which might attract a stray athletic now and then. On top of all these inducements Harvard has the richest alumni body and the largest financial endowment of any university in the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIMIAN PURE | 10/16/1940 | See Source »

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