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Word: tripped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...matter how good an explanation there may be for the phenomenon, there are many persons who find what they consider as profiteering a sufficient excuse for not taking the necessary trip to the square to sell their no longer needed books. For these individuals the Phillips Brooks House affords a very convenient help to housecleaning when it sends its representative around for contributions to the loan library...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWICE BLEST | 5/28/1929 | See Source »

...types. But it travels farther and more cheaply on a gallon of its fuel. For example, last week's 7-hour (actually 6 hr., 50 min.) astonishment flight required 54 gal. of oil, costing $4.68 and weighing 365 Ib. A gasoline radial would have required for the same trip 91 gal. of gas, costing $27.30 and weighing 546 Ib. On last week's short flight the gasoline engine and its fuel would have been slightly lighter than Packard's diesel and its oil. On longer flights with more gallons of fuel needed the diesel combination would obviously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Packard's Diesel | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...golf this may be a minor consideration but for a person who enjoys the competitive element in any sport there is small inducement to make a trip to Belmont Spring to watch the Harvard team play against...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAR EXCELLENCE | 5/22/1929 | See Source »

...visited Europe can testify to the irksomeness and general loss of time involved in meeting this payment in travelling through the various countries. Not only may it well amount to a considerable sum of money, but the trouble involved in a visit to the consulate may make a short trip to a country scarcely worth while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PASS THE PORT | 5/22/1929 | See Source »

...made the trip for Harvard were as follows: W. M. Wing '31, who acted as captain, W. S. Carroll '29, S. D. Clark '31, W. P. Wadsworth '25, and Francis Donaldson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKSMEN DEFEATED IN INTERCOLLEGIATES | 5/21/1929 | See Source »

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