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Word: torches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...matter of common observation that, although there are some students who come to college with an enlightened zest for intellectual pursuits and others who will be forever incapable of such experiences, there are many, not without potentialities, who go through the university unscorched by the cultural torch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Murray Describes Department of Abnormal Psychology | 1/12/1929 | See Source »

...Cannon fired during previous Argentine-Chilean wars and skirmishes were then melted up and cast into a mighty statue: The Christ of the Andes (see Map). On the South American Continent this likeness of the Saviour with Cross is no less esteemed than North America's Liberty with Torch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AMERICA: On the Map | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...with sorrow for the passing of a cherished tradition, then, that Chicagoans read last July of the castle's sale to one Vincent Bendix, head of the Bendix Co., for $3,000,000. Mr. Bendix, they hoped, would neither dilapidate it nor try to carry the Palmer torch. Characteristic was the stipulation postponing his occupancy until the end of November, in order that, last Saturday, Granddaughter Bertha Palmer's presentation to society might be staged in its hallowed halls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Where Was Bertha? | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...committee in charge of the demonstration wishes to announce that everyone arriving there will be supplied with a torch, and that refreshments will probably be served in Boston. All Hoover supporters are urged to turn out for the parade which is a traditional feature of the electoral campaign at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOCAL REPUBLICANS ARE TO CONVENE FOR PARADE | 11/1/1928 | See Source »

...proper will start in Boston but Harvard Republicans are tentatively planning to organize their body first in Cambridge, marching around the Yard and College buildings to pick up their constituency. Arrangements are at present being made to transport the Republicans to Boston on a large scale following this exhibition. Torch lights and flares will naturally fill a prominent position in the march...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD REPUBLICANS WILL MARCH IN PARADE | 10/30/1928 | See Source »

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