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Word: things (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Major Moore said that such a roof on the Stadium press stand would be an excellent thing, but that he had not given the idea serious consideration because the velocity of the wind at the top of the Stadium is very great and to build a permanent covering would be made unpracticable by the expense. The Bowl is low and so the project there does not present the difficulties it would here. He also stated that the press stand is unsightly enough as it and a roof would probably add to its ugliness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STADIUM NOT TO APE BOWL ROOF | 12/12/1924 | See Source »

...There is another thing, that students don't seem to understand, and that is the returning of books by 9 o'clock in the morning. Students don't realize that often there is only one copy of the book they have taken out, and that it is very much in need in the Library. Therefore they feel offended when a notice, asking them to return the book, is sent to them. We had a man last year, who kept a book so long that we had to send a messenger to get the book in his room. Later, when fined...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NUMBER OF MISSING BOOKS NEARS RECORD | 12/10/1924 | See Source »

Amherst may be said to have lost the case because it failed to show that its proposed third party was a practicable thing and that it would not introduce plurality control for majority rule throughout the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNANIMOUS VICTORY AT AMHERST | 12/9/1924 | See Source »

...lead this country into friction and into war with other powers than to allow them to think that we do not mean what we say. That is not aggression, that is not pugnacity; it is a business arrangement so that everybody may know that when we say a thing we mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Easier | 12/8/1924 | See Source »

Remarked Samuel Gompers: "It was a wonderful sight. It was a good thing to allow everybody to see the President. Mexico is improving every minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: In Mexico | 12/8/1924 | See Source »

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