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Word: seemed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard eleven which will start against the West Point cadets on Saturday, although not yet officially announced, now seems pretty definitely made up. The lineups of the past two days of practice seem to indicate that Team A, as it ran through signals yesterday, with but one exception, will open against Army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELEVEN HAS EASY DAY AS IT POINTS FOR ARMY TILT | 10/16/1929 | See Source »

Other lectures which seem of interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 10/15/1929 | See Source »

...would take much more than this to emasculate Mr. Flavin's play. Largely through the gruff eloquence of the high-principled warden, magnificently acted by Arthur Byron, Mr. Flavin damns the tragic system that man has developed to police the race, makes the so-called science of penology seem as hideously false as some black, antiquated alchemy. Russell Hardie conveys every horrific tremor, mental and physical, of the unfortunate youth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 14, 1929 | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...England in 1875 to buy a public utility for his kingdom have been made into a picture as exciting as a detective story. This is odd but it is odder still that, although Louis Parker's old play is no more than effective theatrical plum pudding, it should seem at times almost literary. Both of these facts are principally due to George Arliss, who has played Disraeli so often on the stage that if set back 60 years he could probably double for him in the House of Commons. He gets across the complicated plot, making you believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 14, 1929 | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...certain degree. He certainly handed Allison a most artistic beating in the Nationals, and compiled an impressive record for steady good play. Some would like to see Lott above Hunter, and a good many would like to see Doeg down the list some distance, but these two seem to have earned their ranking, even if there are few who can explain it reasonably...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/10/1929 | See Source »

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