Word: 200th
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Detroit Tigers' Lefthander Hal Newhouser, his 200th major-league victory (against 147 defeats), over the Browns, 3-2; in Detroit...
Last week some 60 Ximenes fans, ranging in age from 20 to 70, in profession from clergyman to bank clerk, gathered in London's gaudy Cafe Royal to pay tribute to Britain's arch-puzzler, celebrate the appearance of his 200th puzzle. Sporting a badge marked "Mr. X" and beaming at his admirers from behind his rimless spectacles, Ximenes took the opportunity to ask their forgiveness for No. 26 Down in a recent puzzle, which a lot of "solvers" had found too tough.††† He was forgiven. Said one speaker: "We salute you not only...
Yale closed its 250th anniversary last spring, but will mark two other anniversaries this year. One is the 200th anniversary of the oldest standing building on the campus--Connecticut Hall...
...mail last week, Jack O'Leary got this piece of medical advice: "Tie your ears together with a piece of string, then hold a pencil in your mouth." As nearly as he can figure, it was the 44,200th suggested cure that he has received since he began hiccuping four years and two months ago. It was no more effective than any of the rest...
...added Jockey Club Gold Cup; at Belmont Park, N.Y. Counterpoint, winner of the mile-and-one-half Belmont Stakes, final event of the triple crown, nipped 1950's Horse of the Year, Hill Prince, by a head in the two-mile event. ¶ English Jockey Gordon Richards, his 200th race this year; at Lingfield, England. Richards, now 46, has ridden more winners than any other jockey (4,377), has hit the 200 mark each season for the last six years...