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Word: ace (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Coach Howie Steppe's dorsal ace also won the 220 yard free style event from Navy in the fast time of 2:15. This meant that Van de Weghne did not swim in the medley relay race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale-Michigan, Princeton-Navy Meets Produce Exceptional Times as Swimmers Crack Records | 2/14/1939 | See Source »

...this unfamiliar phenomenon electrical engineers took little note until three years ago when Karl Boyer McEachron, General Electric Co.'s ace lightning researcher, started a study of bolts which strike Manhattan's 1,230-foot Empire State Building, a giant lightning rod. During his study Mr. McEachron observed that several strokes which hit the skyscraper made no noise. Last week he had an explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Silent Bolts | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

Craig Moore's 1:47.9 victory in the 150 yard backstroke indicates that dorsal ace Art Bosworth has a good partner to work with. Bosworth's contribution to the Crimson score Saturday was limited to a second in the century, won by Frannie Powers in 55.7. Bosworth did not swim in the medley either, but Moore, Kraus, and Griffin won the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Swimmers Submerge Colgate Maroons 64 to 11 | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...Leverich of the visitors will provide the opposition for a rapidly improving Eric Cutler of the home forces in the 220 and the 440. Cutler is ready for his best performance of the year in his favorite events. Dorsal ace of the Crimson, Art Bosworth, meets Colgate's Low, and in the breaststroke Max Kraus will face the strong challenge of Blackledge and Fergeson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TANKMEN FAVORED TO DUCK CORNELL | 2/3/1939 | See Source »

...mother love and dying for one's country are not only the stuff of great art but also the surefire cliches of popular entertainment; that a cavalcade of the past-Bryan and T. R., the Wright Brothers and Lindbergh, hobble skirts and high-buttoned shoes-is a perfect ace-in-the-hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Jan. 30, 1939 | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

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