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Word: took (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Prize of $100 was won in competition with the 17 undergraduates who actually took the examination of the 30 who had registered. Fifteen papers were described as "distinctly of passing grade" in the official announcement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cleveland Named Winner of Bliss History Prize in New Lecture Hall | 12/7/1937 | See Source »

...move, which has been anticipated for some time, took definite shape in a meeting of Locals 186 and 112 in Cypress Hall, Central Square. At the same time belief was confirmed that the C. I. O. will take no part in union agitation here...

Author: By Ralph H. Cutler jr., | Title: A. F. L. BEGINS DRIVE FOR UNIONIZATION OF ALL HARVARD WORKERS | 12/7/1937 | See Source »

Kirkland racquetmen nosed out Winthrop 3 to 2 while the Elephants were blanking Lowell 4 to 0 in league A matches. In the C league Eliot took Lowell 3 to 2, and Winthrop bowed to Leverett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE WINTER SPORTS UNDER WAY YESTERDAY | 12/7/1937 | See Source »

...exploit that institution's bicentennial celebration in 1940, claim that Dr. Guilford is the world's oldest doctor and the oldest graduate of a U. S. university. Still better publicity was the fact, that for Thanksgiving dinner Dr. Guilford ate turkey, two helpings of mince pie, took some wine, smoked an extra (fourth) cheroot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Oldest | 12/6/1937 | See Source »

Meanwhile at the cemetery, where a hard rain was falling, laborers abandoned a plan to stage a sit-down and took themselves off. Soon another body arrived. It lay in an open grave all night. Next day came six more. As more funeral processions, unaware of the strike, continued to arrive at the cemetery. New York City's Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia saw an emergency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cemetery Strike | 12/6/1937 | See Source »

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