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Word: testing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great City of Purity is working up. First it smote Dreiser, a contemporary, but for that reason not a sufficiently illustrious scalp. Hence it was found necessary to go back 170 years, to fasten upon an author who has indubitably stood the test of time. Shakespeare's turn is next, we see it coming! Daily Princetonian

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...Plan' contravenes ... the Constitution and is an infringement on the rights and privileges of the House. The action of the House in this instance shall not be deemed to be a precedent." The House agreed, 249 to 119. The Democrats tried vainly to make the vote an oblique test of strength on the Debenture Plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Sick Giant | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...midget road for a test case, the O'Fallon carries coal over a nine-mile track in Southern Illinois. It is owned largely by the Adolphus Busch estate which also owns the Manufacturers' R. R., a 20-mile system in Missouri physically unconnected with the O'Fallon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: O'Fallon v. The People | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...upset all the dope. The University crew is minus the services of Donough Prince '31, flashy stroke man, whose place will be taken by T. N. Perkins, Jr. '31. J.Q. Adams '31 will take the latter's seat at No. 2 and the rearranged crew will meet a crucial test when it lines up with the crack New York oarsmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD CREWS TO MEET STRONG FOES IN HENLEY REGATTA | 5/25/1929 | See Source »

...great deal of racing experience but whether or not he will shape up to the requirements for a good stroke oar whether Gains to be seen. In the short stretches he sends his crew along with about the same amount of form as the first eight cut the crucial test which comes in raising the beat is still...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARRISON IS GIVEN TRY IN STROKE SEAT | 5/22/1929 | See Source »

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