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Word: vied (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Eight fraternities will be represented by teams in the relay race this afternoon; and over forty individual aspirants will vie for the titles in the other events. They will begin at 3.30 o'clock, and will consist of a 100-yard relay race, diving "6", 50-yard free style, 50-yard back stroke, and 50-yard breast stroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRATERNITY SWIMMERS COMPETE IN BIG TREE | 3/26/1929 | See Source »

...vie in size with Zukor's Paramount building may be the projected William Fox's Vox Theatres Corp. building, to be erected at an anticipated cost of $10,000,000 on Broadway at 47th Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount's Papa | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...Dupuy, nee Helen Browne of New York, took over management of her husband's papers on his sudden death a year ago. 'Besides the Petit Parisien these include the Dimanche Illustre (the "Sunday Illustrated"), La Science et la Vie, a monthly magazine of popularized science, Omnia, a magazine for automobilists. The Sunday paper is edited after the fashion of the familiar U. S. Sunday sheet, including comic strips, many of which Mme. Dupuy imports from the U. S. Even strips involving baseball are used; and if Paris does not understand the game, well, so much the worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Agog, Not Agape | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

...late dance at the Wood-stock Country Club will be the order of the evening in Indianapolis where the Crimson musicians will vie with the members of the Williams Cap and Bells in entertaining their respective followers. The following day, the Clubs will wind up their journey in Chicago, with a gala lunch at the H-Y-P Club, and a debutante party in the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTRUMENTAL CLUBS LEAVE CHRISTMAS DAY | 12/20/1928 | See Source »

...country and Mexico. Manduley, whose home is in Havana, is possessed of exceptional ability with the guitar and is cast for one of the leading parts. The duet, which fits well into the theme of the play, should not only round it out pleasingly and naturally, but vie closely for the favor of the audience with the special dance by Gloria Bragiotil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB GIVES ANNUAL MIRACLE PLAY | 12/8/1928 | See Source »

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