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Word: yards (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nine years ago, when koalas had almost vanished from the Australian bush, a penniless 22-year-old Brisbane naturalist named Noel Burnet dedicated his life to saving the species from extinction. He started out with four koalas in his boardinghouse back yard, soon interested a philanthropist who rented him a 50-acre patch near Sydney for a shilling a year. He named it Koala Park, planted eucalyptus trees, built a koala hospital, developed a thriving colony which tourists came from far & wide to see. Naturalist Burnet did not grow rich on his tourist trade, had a perpetual struggle to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Vanishing Koala | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

...cold gray dawn one day last week a wandering Yard Cop stopped by the John Harvard statue in front of University Hall. Although the moon was shining brightly, it seemed to him that the Statue was bathed a trifle too much in a white, ethereal, other-wordly light...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOHN HARVARD ALUMINIZED IN COLD DAWN; COPS SAVE ALL | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

McCllelland, Eli right half, was easily the star of the game. He scored twice at the climax of long marches. The other Yale touchdowns came as a result of a pass, and a 72 yard runback of an intercepted pass in the final period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Last Minute Bailing Against Navy Fails to Keep Crimson Craft Afloat | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

...Navy, although scoreless the first half outgained Harvard the entire game, and pushed over their first score in the third period when Watson, the Annapolis left half, closed a long drive down the field with an 18-yard dash around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Jayvees Romp Through Crimson Eleven to Win 18-0 | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

...Wednesday evening the Yard Questions Committee, under the direction of Laurence S. Levy '39, will hold the first open forum in its projected series of Wednesday night programs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT UNION HEARS GEORGE EDWARDS TALK | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

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