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Word: would (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from several sources, that there is a real possibility of the A. A. U.'s awarding the national swimming championships to Harvard. The Nationals come sometime in March, and at the present time, it is expected that the new pool will be completed in February. Of course, the meet would rest on the contingency that the pool be ready for use in good time, and it is possible that uncertainty on this score would prejudice Harvard's chances to obtain the meet. It is certain that the event would prove a gala opening for the new pool and would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/1/1929 | See Source »

...basis of watching the two men play it is this writer's opinion that Kozeluh could beat the Frenchman. He doesn't attempt to blast his opponents off the court and therefore would fall no easy victim to the infallibility style which Cochet plays so faultlessly. His ground and back court strokes are the most beautiful examples of coordination and effortless skill to be seen on a tennis court. They are of a type to keep an opponent away from the net as much as possible and simply wear him down. On the defense he is if anything faster than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/1/1929 | See Source »

...surplus also rises! And with it appears once more the problem, not so perplexing apparently to those would easily and sanely dispose of it, but still of grave import to the body in whose final decision rests its ultimate destiny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SO HE TOOK THE FIFTY THOUSAND | 10/1/1929 | See Source »

Aside from the actual plot and acting of the picture some very interesting advice is offered to the love-lorn, which ordinarily would be excellent controversial material for Dorothy Dix rather than for her younger male namesake. But this time Richard turns adviser and as might be expected, his excellent counsels are turned against him to his ultimate downfall...

Author: By P. C. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/1/1929 | See Source »

...holds such a position of honor. (2) Make her or him jealous; and (3) Make yourself scarce. The advice certainly sounds good to the unexperienced ear, but it acts as the proverbial boomerang in Richard's case, which is a lucky thing for otherwise the good picture would have to have an unexpected ending and that would obviously be impossible...

Author: By P. C. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/1/1929 | See Source »

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