Word: yellowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...turned away from the brilliant stage, and strode down a side street into blue shadows. I felt the rolling, uneven footing of brick. A narrow walk it was, and scarce wide enough for two; often I brushed against rough walls. Once when a lamp sent out a swelling yellow glow I saw an ancient house, primly white, with great green shutters bent forward a little, standing in silence as if listening to ghostly voices and the clump of buckled shoes, now so long silent...
...large yellow balloon, which has been floating lazily above the garage, was approached yesterday by several University students being initiated to a fraternity. The balloon had already been cut loose, and was, so it is reported, to be taken to the tower of Memorial Hall, when the prompt action of a mechanic foiled the blimp burglars. While he was getting help, the trespassers got rid of the evidence by the simple expedient of letting go of their prize. They made good their escape, and detectives employed by the Harvard Square Garage have failed to find any trace of either...
...Harvard Should Be More Collegiate" is a subject which should bring out all the champions of Harvard Orthodoxy in defense of traditional indifference. The affirmative side, likewise, should have a numerous representation, and they might very properly enliven the evening by appearing dressed for their part in artistically decorated yellow slickers, stick candy hat bands and great-necked campus sweaters...
...Grange, in a new yellow head-guard that shone like the helmet of Navarre, ran out on a field at Philadelphia before 65,000 people who had decided that he was a myth. Before the game was five minutes old Grange had run 60 yards for a touchdown; before it was over he had scored two more and made a fourth possible. He carried the ball 36 times, gained 363 yards. Score: Illinois 24, Pennsylvania...
Last Saturday, with a tooth in the wind and a squint in the sky, saw the yellow moon of football ripening to the full...