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Word: wouldn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brass instruments to play. Horn-blowers must have sensitive lips as well as stout lungs. Ellen Stone first tried her lips and lungs on a French horn six years ago, in the Teaneck, N. J. high-school band, when she was 16. Says she: "After three days I wouldn't have given it up for worlds. I felt comfortable on it." By now she sounds comfortable on it, but it took some doing. She practiced from morning to night-in the garage whither her distracted family banished her. Three years later she got a scholarship from Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Little Girl Blue | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Alleging that at least 600 Wellesley, Radcliffe, B.U., and Simmons fresh-women are coming to the H.S.U. Memorial Hall dance Friday night, sponsors of the second annual get-together last night had frozen feet at the thought that there wouldn't be enough Harvard men to go around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HSU DANCE DRAWS 600 GIRLS; "MEN WANTED," SAY BACKERS | 11/9/1939 | See Source »

...Gardella, and Burgy Ayres reached the defensive heights expected. However, the surprise came in the smashing tackling on the two ends, MacKinney and Lovett who wouldn't be fooled or bowled over...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: Rejuvenated Squad Shows Improvement In Dropping Close Contest to Bengals | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...wrong, the record is good. The arrangement is played in a far cleaner manner than the 1934 Lunceford band could do (although the same wouldn't be true today), but it settles once and for all the argument as to whether all a band needs to play good swing is a bunch of musicians that can read and play section well, and a good arranger. The answer is gently but firmly...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 11/3/1939 | See Source »

...Cashman of the American: "An even tussle. Dartmouth hasn't enough material to outman Harvard; if Blaik should need an eighth back today, he wouldn't know where to find...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Game Predictions by Local Sports Experts | 10/28/1939 | See Source »

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