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Word: contested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...school will claim the present day student has become lazy through easy curricula, and most students will rationalize their action by believing that recreation will freshen their minds and build up a physical reserve for their wrist to be used in the three-hour penmanship and memory contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Westward Look, the Land is Bright | 6/5/1930 | See Source »

Angels Camp's annual contest, started in 1926, was inspired by Mark Twain's famed story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." It was this story which overnight made Twain famous, launched him on a literary career. In it he delineates the experiences of an old reprobate who wanted to bet on everything, even that the parson's seriously ill wife would die when her physician said she was recovering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: For Dogs | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

...Harvard batters can recover their batting eye, they may have more success against the Bruins right-handed hurler tomorrow than they had in the previous game. In that contest, the Brown moundsman got into trouble several times but the failure of the Harvard hitters to connect lost them numerous good opportunities to score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DIAMOND FORCES SEEK REVENGE IN TILT WITH BROWN | 5/29/1930 | See Source »

...lacrosse team yesterday trounced the Crimson stickmen to the tune of 7 to 0, in a game during which at no time did the Harvard players threaten to score. The Yale team scored four goals in the first six minutes of play, and three more before the contest ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LACROSSE TEAM BADLY BEATEN BY ELI STICKMEN | 5/29/1930 | See Source »

Frederick Thon '31 is the winner of the $10 prize offered by the management of the University Theatre in the contest conducted by the CRIMSON in conjunction with the Radcliffe Daily, it was announced last night. Ruth Dawson, Radcliffe '30, is the Radcliffe winner, who receives a like prize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THON IS PRIZE WINNER IN THEATRE REVIEW CONTEST | 5/28/1930 | See Source »

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