Search Details

Word: tens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Yesterday afternoon at the hearing of the Beck Hall Trust before the Board of Appeals, E. S. Emery '87, Assistant Comptroller of the University, field a formal objection to the erection of the projected ten story apartment building planned by the Trust. This opposition from Harvard puts an entirely new aspect upon the proposed improvement of the Beck Hall property...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BECK HALL TILT REACHES CLIMAX | 9/28/1928 | See Source »

With Robert Benehley in the same reel of talkies as Bernard Shaw, and the boy from Kiskiminetas telling mother what the fellows down in C-entry, Persis Smith, think of birth control, and Mr. Tunney off to his love with a boxing glove, ten thousand miles away, instances of distinguished courage among the educated are growing many. But each of these heroes has his audience, and can forget the sordidness of it all in the bitter-sweet taste of his own exhibitionism. What comfort can be given to the Senior, unfortunate in possessing emotional and romantic nerve centers that were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HEARD IN A CLOISTER | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...exhausted first edition was limited to 1550 volumes, 1000 of which were distributed free of charge to the Class of 1932. Ten copies have been placed in the College archives. All but 60 of the booklets were purchased throughout the summer by mail orders which came from Harvard men all over the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRADITION BOOKLET MAY GO INTO SECOND EDITION | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...Lawrenceville in New Jersey, the loss (for a year) of Novelist-Professor Thornton Niven Wilder, writing a novel in England, tramping with a friend; the gain of ten new Masters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: To School! | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...Dear Commander Byrd: A little while ago I asked mother if ten dollars would be enough to come in handy if sent to you, and she said 'yes.' Therefore I decided to send you ten dollars which I earned this Summer by painting the piazza roof, washing the muresco off the walls and ceiling of the bathroom, weeding the garden and various other similar jobs. I thought you might be able to buy some extra things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 24, 1928 | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

Previous | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | Next