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Word: thrilled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...horrid petition is circulating in your midst, asking support of President Conant's stand against the Teachers' Oath Bill. Despise the dirty thing, chill it with boredom, shake it off in righteous anger, yield to it for the pure sentimental thrill, but don't sign. Harvard's President has disgraced her enough, without adding the scandal of her sons boasting when they should, in common decency, be ashamed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Horns and Claws | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

...split the tape 6 ft. in front. To Cunningham went the credit of setting so fast a pace that the winner set a new world record: 3 min. 49.9 sec. In the final track event a hawk-nosed, granite-jawed Syracuse junior, Edward ("Obie") O'Brien, furnished another thrill. When he went to Syracuse, he was a sprinter. Coach Tom Keane, developer of many a sterling quarter-miler, drew O'Brien aside, told him to forget sprinting, promised him instead the Olympic quarter-mile title in 1936. A narrow-shouldered runner whose slim legs give no clue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Indoor Climax | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

...preceding years. The diminutive Mike in the 1934 opener had the Eli defense completely buffaloed, scored three goals to lead Harvard to a 6-2 victory. And with Hallowell joining him again there is every reason to name Harvard's third line as a prospective dark horse thrill of this series...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/14/1936 | See Source »

When a strong offensive team meets a strong defensive team, any kind of score may result, and fans tonight will be awaiting, and will probably get, every kind of thrill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEXTET MEETS INDIANS IN TOSSUP ARENA TILT | 2/11/1936 | See Source »

...repute, continued with his bird-study classes. Ten days after the murder the case suddenly broke when a pair of glasses found at the scene of the crime were identified as Leopold's, and Loeb and Leopold blandly confessed that they had killed Bobby Franks "for a thrill." In one of his greatest forensic efforts, Lawyer Clarence Darrow threw his clients on the mercy of the court, explained that they were psychologically corrupt, quoted from Omar Khayyam, got them off with 99-year sentences. This autumn Leopold will have completed twelve years of his term. Loeb completed his last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GRIME: Last of Loeb | 2/10/1936 | See Source »

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