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Word: wide (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...anything which could be called a system. The city machine, falsely so-called, is bound only by ties of self-interest to the party throughout the state; while a national party contains manifold units of unequal cohesion. The men who run politics take a fancy to leaving the door wide open for rebellion, usurpation, and insubordination. They work, as Mrs. Blair remarks not by program but by prowess. They have a fight complex...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOMERIC AMERICANS | 5/6/1926 | See Source »

...afternoon netted the Senior beggars $93.30, $34.11 of which was in pennies, a wide variety of foreign coins, several oysters still in their shells, and a miscellaneous collection of spoons and washers. Other results of the fracas are more difficult to tabulate. Several faces were cut and bleeding, while raw egg streamed down the necks of many an unlucky Senior. Several hundred caps and gowns appeared to be in a state to keep the Cambridge cleaners from bankruptcy from now until Commencement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Stage Riot and Hurl Eggs at Begging Seniors But 1926 Retaliates in Kind and No Picture Is Taken | 5/5/1926 | See Source »

...American Philosophical Society and the American Philosophical Association. The former was founded by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1744. In that age, a "philosophical" society was one devoted to all the special sciences, including the mathematical, the physical and the biological. The Society founded by Franklin still covers this wide field, and still meets in Philadelphia. The American Philosophical Association, on the other hand, is our national organization of philosophers in the sense in which that term is used today. It meets in various cities throughout the United States, and restricts its discussions to philosophy proper. It will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 3, 1926 | 5/3/1926 | See Source »

...short field, Sullivan has rolled up an average of .875 accepting 32 chances. Sullivan has shown the most consistent fielding work, although his throwing has been wide at times. His only rival for the short stop berth, McGlone has yet to break into the percentage columns. HOW THE LEADERS STAND Home Runs Sullivan, Zarakov 1 Three Base Hits Sullivan, Todd 1 Two Base Hits Barbee, Ellison 1 Runs Scored Sullivan 9 Stolen Bases Sullivan 3 Sacrifice Hits Ellison...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVERAGES SHOW CRIMSON BALL TOSSERS STRONGER ON ATT ACK THAN IN FIELDING | 4/30/1926 | See Source »

...completed program contains several features which have not yet been announced. The afternoon will be taken up by a wide variety of athletic contests and exhibitions, notable among which is the only football practice of the spring season which will be open to students or graduates of the University. The other athletic events which are scheduled include a baseball game with Amherst, a track meet with M. I. T., and a lacrosse game with Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINAL GRADUATES' DAY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED | 4/29/1926 | See Source »

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