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Word: upper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Belle of the Nineties (Paramount). When almost overnight Mae West became an immensely profitable symbol of screen naughtiness by padding her hips and uttering double-entendres without moving her upper lip, Paramount officials decided that she knew what she was doing. They gave her a free hand with her pictures, under the congenial supervision of Producer William Le Baron. The completion of her third picture last June coincided precisely with the peak of cinema reform agitation by the Legion of Decency. The Hays office called its original title, It Ain't No Sin, "dangerous." The New York State Censors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Sep. 24, 1934 | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

...penetrates the frigid reserve of Silas, the occupant of the horseless carriage, will be told of the motorboat engine that makes it go, of the Zeppelin radiator, of the amazing economy of gasoline, and while the credulous Freshman and the harried upper classman may take him at his word, the sharp-eyed graduate student who is versed in the traditions of Cambridge notes the square area on the doors, whence a plate has been removed, and at once remembers the true story of the car's past life, and discounts Silas' mad ravings for cobwebs and moontalk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ancient and Illustrious Chug-Buggy Again Navigates Cambridge Highways and Byways | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

...course and club house is located at the upper end of Huron Avenue in Cambridge. If going by street car take Huron Ave. Car at Harvard Square and get off at Aberdeen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Municipal Golf Course Open To Students | 9/22/1934 | See Source »

...Samuel E. Morison '08, professor of History, in addition to this there is a long article by Dean Hanford on the recent developments in the educational system of the college. This section contains information on the most recent change at Harvard, the abolition of probation and Hour examinations for upper-classmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOON ON TRADITIONS OF HARVARD TO BE ISSUED | 9/21/1934 | See Source »

...course and club house is located at the upper and of Huron Avenue to Cambridge. If going by street car take Huron Ave, Car at Harvard Square and get off at Afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Municipal Golf Course Open To Students | 9/21/1934 | See Source »

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