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Word: 69th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clear hard track faced almost 400 Wellesley seniors this morning in the 69th running of the annual Waban Hoop Race. Several hundred Harvard men had already gathered before the 7 a.m. post time brought the fillies to the wire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Waban Fillies Slam Hoops in Traditional Matinal Contest | 5/1/1952 | See Source »

Last year, when Radcliffe held its 69th Commencement, it was held in Sanders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Wants Outdoor Commencement in '52 | 10/19/1951 | See Source »

...soon as the boat drew away. While her pilot boat almost lost her in the fog, Florence's father took one pill after another to ease the strain on his own weak heart. Finally, after 16 hr., 22 min., he got the best tonic of all (and a 69th birthday present): Florence felt the sand of France beneath her, dragged herself ashore at Sangatte, three miles south of Calais...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wrong-Way Swimmer | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

WABAN, May 1--Esther Coke, a Blue Grass bred filly, today won the 69th running of the annual Wellesley Hoop Classic before 2,000 screaming fans at Waban Downs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 35-1 Shot Sweeps 374-Entry Field At Waban Downs; No Stud in Mind | 5/2/1951 | See Source »

White House correspondents gave Presidential Secretary William D. Hassett a talking mynah for his 69th birthday present last year, and the black, orange-ruffed bird caught on fast. He learned to cock his head and cry: "What about the appropriation?" Hassett, an old newsman himself, soon taught the bird to squawk: "Flash! Get me the desk!" "Flash" became his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Flash | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

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