Word: fifteen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first fifteen strokes the Junior eight took the lead over the other two crews, but by the time the half-mile mark was reached the Sophomores had gained the lead, closely followed by the Seniors. At the Harvard Bridge the Senior eight raised the stroke and pulled steadily ahead of the Sophomore crew till they had a length's margin at the finish line. The Juniors took the third place when the Seniors jumped into the lead at the bridge, and dropped behind slowly to finish a little over a length behind the Sophomore eight...
...perusal of the list of the Classes which graduated fifteen or so years ago, and a comparison of that list with the names of men who are doing "very well" in Wall Street, State Street, and elsewhere, will show that there are many names identical on both lists; that is to say, ten or fifteen years in the investment banking field has brought success in a large way to many Harvard...
...large, his income is in direct proportion to his ability to sell and to reach those who have the funds. His rewards then may become extremely large, but to a great extent they are the rewards of years spent learning what the field is all about. After ten or fifteen years a partnership, a position as department manager, or some similarly remunerative work should be within his grasp...
Here at Princeton following President Wilson's memorable advocacy of the "Quadrangle Plan" in 1907, we have had for some fifteen years, in our Graduate College, a demonstration of this idea as applied to graduate students. The Graduate College, as we have developed it, has become a distinguished characteristic of our university organization...
That squash pie? They make it lousy here. Fifteen cents? Why you can get a bigger piece at the Georgian for a dime. Yeah, a lot bigger. Better, too. This here tastes like oatmeal. Don't you eat there any more? I used to, too. The fellow got sore one time, though. I was balancing a glass of milk on my knife blade and it spilled all over somebody's lap and they kicked...