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Word: strenuous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quarter-century of strenuous and unrelenting labor has finally spelled the demise of the faithful old Randolph Hall switch-board, and yesterday its time-worn panels and moth-eaten cords were removed forever from the hallowed and ivy-covered environs which it has known for so long...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams Switch-Board Finishes Quarter Century of Service---150 Calls Per Day Proves Fatal | 5/22/1934 | See Source »

...only must the son be gently but firmly extracted from his unfortunate affair, but the mother wishes to marry herself to an old flame, now become a distinguished musician. Both ends are realized, and her majesty the widow emerges triumphant from a strenuous week-end of genuinely amusing situations...

Author: By J. A. F., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 4/18/1934 | See Source »

...Firm, courteous, patient, wise, he has made the strenuous service of the College a satisfaction never to be forgotten by his associates in this board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Record of 1908 Has Eulogy of Eliot | 3/20/1934 | See Source »

...original provisions of the grants was that the universities should cancel the tuition fees of all recipients of the grants. This provision was later removed however, because of the strenuous opposition shown to it by privately endowed institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD WILL NOT SEEK FEDERAL AID LOWES ANNOUNCES | 3/3/1934 | See Source »

...Haven, Conn., March 1--Yale's crushing defeat at the hands of the Crimson skaters was just another slump for the Elis, and after a three-day lay-off, they are back at practice in good spirits for the second game of the series. Tired from the strenuous Princeton game the Wednesday before, the Blue went on the ice a comparatively dead team, to fall before the onslaught of an inspired Cantab sextet. However, such a rest as the players are now taking, has had wonderful effect heretofore, and a rejuvenated outfit ought to give Harvard a tough time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/2/1934 | See Source »

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