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Word: aboveground (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is a new saga to be sung in Nova Scotia-about Johnny Miles, the Welsh pugilist's son, who worked in the coal drifts at Cape Breton until his father saw he was a footracer. It will tell how Johnny was found a job aboveground, driving a grocer's wagon; was trained, conditioned, counseled and sent down to tell the officials of the great Boston Marathon that he, a lad of 18, had come to win their race, though never in his life had he run more than 15 miles on end. It will sing of Clarence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Marathon | 5/3/1926 | See Source »

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