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Word: stuffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nope, I don't think having beer will stop the Harvard thirst--except maybe to get them warmed up for the real stuff. But I'm sorry about those mugs. There's not even a tea cup here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 300 Thirsty Beer Mugs Evaporate in Cantabrigian Aridity; Sacristan of Mem Hall Recalls Somerville and Brighton Oases | 3/25/1933 | See Source »

...less capable as an instructor is Mr. Merritt, enthusiastic to the last degree, with an omnivorous musical appetite. The method of instruction in these courses is based on the French system, fundamental and thorough, but emphasis is laid upon the material as found in actual compositions, rather than as stuff for endless exercises...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fields of Concentration | 3/25/1933 | See Source »

...Claire piece, but none of the finesse. The situation is not preposterous enough to suit our spoiled taste in French pictures, but the lines (we are told) are hilariously funny. The brief travelogue preceding the feature dealt with Chartres, Laon, and Rheims in an unsatisfactory Fogg Museum way--old stuff none too well presented. The Harvard wives (who comprised a majority of the audience) had a very pleasant afternoon...

Author: By H. E. W. r., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/17/1933 | See Source »

...that there were certainly few banks in the United States which could not easily have used government loans. And there is no reason to believe that the actual beneficiary banks were any weaker than their competitors, but merely that they may have been more influential. Such is not the stuff of which panics are made. Perhaps more significant, however, than the actual publication of lists of banks and figures is the quick anger of Senator Pomerene and the light it throws upon his philosophy of government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "VICIOUS" REVELATIONS | 3/15/1933 | See Source »

Seckatary Hawkins (Ralston Food). Eery stuff, opening with an ominous whistle. There is a Fair & Square Club, with a newspaper. Souvenirs are promised for Ralston box-tops. "You just save those box-tops like we've been telling you and you'll be mighty satisfied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fair | 3/13/1933 | See Source »

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