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Word: unpleasanter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last night the week long mystery of the Yale Fence came to a formal and very appropriate close. Harvard's famous jester has completed what promises to be a famous jest, and those upon whom the trick was turned have availed themselves of that grace which is too often overlooked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD NATURED RAILERY | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

In the first place, if the money for the erection of this structure has been collected, it would be well to know where the building is to be placed. Also at this time it would be wise to divulge something of the features of this chapel and what is to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Memorial Chapel | 11/22/1929 | See Source »

The storeroom attendants in the Chemical Laboratories are notorious for their inefficiency and discourtesy. It is bad enough to have to deal with these unpleasant people, but the absence of the smile may be forgiven if the required materials are promptly available. Too often they are not. And most of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIME TO CLOSE UP | 11/20/1929 | See Source »

The Ghost Parade recounts some of the perplexities which confront the British Army in India, including a cabal who dress up as spooks in order to smuggle firearms to the natives, and an unpleasant Hindu who, instead of being the villain as no one had suspected, is really Cyril Teetarn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

The ending of the book has some dramatic power. Creda Reid is suddenly freed from one of her major complexes, hatred of her mother, by the unexpected murder of that unpleasant old lady. The nerve doctor assures her that all will be well after this, if she will only learn...

Author: By Albert G. Churchill, | Title: Tattered Madonna | 11/9/1929 | See Source »

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