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Word: lettered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Recently you printed a letter re the U. S. Government's not paying rent for cemeteries in France where American World War dead are buried. I'm glad the matter was cleared up. Can you straighten out this rumor-did the U. S. pay rent for trenches occupied by American boys in France in 1918? Many people believe this is so. I'd like to know whether it is true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 4, 1939 | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...these reasons the Corporation should not have many quains about indulging in a little legal shenanigans to extricate the Council from its unhappy position. By shutting its eyes to the letter of the bequest, as it has unwittingly done for so many years, the Corporation can perpetuate the spirit of the Coolidge grant, and encourage the continued life and growth of debating. By insisting on the exact words of the will, the Corporation will only kill that which the bequest aimed to promote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHUT-EYE | 12/2/1939 | See Source »

Secretary, chauffeur, and unofficial aide-de-camp for a general in the French Foreign Legion is the present occupation of John C. Baker '42, according to the latest letter from him to a friend at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BAKER IS AIDE-DE-CAMP FOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN LEGION | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

Whiteman, 19, is one of the youngest of Yale's captains, A six-footer, weighing 185 pounds, he is a Junior who prepped at Taft School, Waterbury, Connecticut, played on Yale's Freshman team and won his letter as a blocking back last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. B. WHITEMAN, JR., CHOSEN 1940 YALE FOOTBALL CAPTAIN | 11/28/1939 | See Source »

Including Ernic Sargeant, who was voted a letter although he was unable to play against Yale, there will be 22 men voting this afternoon. In that number there are nine Seniors, nine Sophomores, and four Juniors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERMEN ASSEMBLE TO PICK NEW CAPTAIN | 11/28/1939 | See Source »

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