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Word: took (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...just flew back from Hollywood; flying is just like dancing; the plane stopped three times and each time it stopped. I would wake up to listen to it go whoooosh when it took off. Then it got very bumpy, and I almost got thrown out of bed," she concluded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faith Bacon, Fan and Orchid Dancer, Would Like To Perform "Apres-Midi d'un Faune" at Harvard | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...evening when he repelled Phil Carson's tremendous last-lap sprint to win the A.A.U. 500-yard free-style event. Frank Powers was third and Ed Hewitt fourth; the time, 5:45.6. Rusty Greenhood won the New England A.A.U. three-meter dive with 119.63 points, Art Bosworth took the flying-start century backstroke in 1:03.2, Eliot House beat Kirkland and Lowell in 1:29.7 in the House 150 medley, and Harvard (Powers, Bosworth, Ned Goldwasser, and Jim Curwen) triumphed in the 400 relay in 3:44 to win a National Junior A.A.U. championship. Jack Waldron was third...

Author: By Charles N. Poliak ii, | Title: 24 Sleek Mermaids 24! Caper For Delighted Carnival Fans | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...returning to Cambridge, they saw Harvard Square piled high with hard-packed ice and immediately took to their picks and tongs. One mountaineer was heard to say, "It's even more fun to scale the mighty snow drifts than build smooth babes out of snow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLIMBERS FIND HILLS BETTER IN CAMBRIDGE | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

...usual Captain Harvey Ross gave his team a head start when he took a decision from the Tech captain John Vyberberg in the opening 121 pound tilt. After Schoenberg's win, Lou Daily and Art Page took their 135 and 145 pound encounters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATMEN SMOTHER TECH WITH 25 TO 3 BARRAGE | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

...moderate position which the University took this year was regarded as a further concession to "town and gown" harmony...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OATH REPEAL BILL LOSES BY 3 VOTES | 2/21/1939 | See Source »

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