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Word: stepped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Hoover has instructed his Secretary, Mr. Newton, to establish a contact between the Committee [House Ways & Means] and ourselves. . . . We are a little doubtful about this step . . . but of course would do what President Hoover desires as he seems to be genuinely interested in our cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Letters of Lakin | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

...piled up with mattresses, chairs, beds at corners where they could shoot down a corridor two ways and back up to a stairway. Troopers told a convict named Johnson, who was helping them, to pull a mattress off a barricade. A bullet stopped Johnson when he took his first step. A bullet stopped Captain Bruton of the guards. On the top floor there were six rebels left. Troopers brought machine guns into position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Again, Auburn | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...Intercollegiate Wrestling Association held at the H. A. A. At first it was proposed that the officials alone assemble to standardize the regulations for Greater Boston. Representatives of Harvard, M. I. T. Tufts, and Brown were present, and all agreed on the advantage of doing this. As an added step, Coach Gallagher of Harvard then suggested that in addition the coaches from these colleges be present, to avoid misunderstanding between coaches and referees at the meets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WRESTLING OFFICIALS MEET IN CONFERENCE | 12/20/1929 | See Source »

...mingling of foreign and American students, the International Council is attempting to sound out the attitude of students at Harvard in respect to the possible future establishment of an International House here. It is hoped that a center for social activities of foreign students can thus be realized. A step in this direction was made when the Phillips Brooks House Cabinet turned over to the International Council the use of the Shepard Memorial room in the Phillips Brooks House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRIFFITH TO SPEAK FOR INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL | 12/18/1929 | See Source »

...festivities yesterday in Portsmouth has undoubtedly struck a note of wonder in the minds of the American public. For, to the tune of celebrating salutes, Mrs. Charles Francis Adams had the honor of christening a new giant submarine to be added to the nation's fleet. Marking one more step in the government's policy of defence, the occasion at once assumed national importance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAFETY-FIRST | 12/18/1929 | See Source »

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