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Word: select (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gong for the next round, she was winded. In fact, she was punch-drunk. She couldn't seem to select the rest of the meal. Every moment that she hesitated the nephew knew that she was losing ground. But what to do about it? Finally the elder struck out in desperation: "I haven't had any corn on the cob for some time. How would what go with clams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

Recently appointed by Dennett and Richard H. Sullivan '39, President of the Student Council, to a committee to select new books for the Stillman Infirmary library were Ellsworth Grant '39, chairman, Frederick E. Pamp '39, and Frank P. Davidson '39. The group will have a $100 appropriation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHLESINGER, LEIGHTON APPOINTED FOR P. B. H. | 1/10/1939 | See Source »

...Journal of the American Medical Association remarked that Lydia Pinkham had changed her dress again. In keeping with vitamin fads the preparation is now labeled "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound (With Vitamin B 1 )." Said the Journal: "It is indeed surprising that . . . these old-timers . . . did not select vitamin E [fertility vitamin] . . . since [it] . . . has been endowed with certain effects which were claimed for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It must be granted, however, that there is probably nothing harmful in the addition of vitamin B 1 [anti-beriberi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Lydia Pinkham's New Dress | 1/2/1939 | See Source »

...regular meeting last night, the Council voted in favor of Bock's plan, and the committee to select the books will be appointed in a short time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Moves for Better Calibre of Stillman Books | 12/8/1938 | See Source »

Only upper classmen and graduate students will be eligible for the scholarships, according to present plans. A special committee appointed by President Conant will select the recipients on the basis of merit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THOMPSON, CANTOR, AND SALTONSTALL WILL SPEAK AT REFUGEE RALLY TONIGHT | 12/6/1938 | See Source »

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