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Word: babe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Babe Ruth, 53, whose throat ailment has had him in & out of hospitals for almost two years, was in again, for a "check up" and a good rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Coming & Going | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

After the match, the embarrassed chairman of the Nottinghamshire Club apologized to Don Bradman, Australia's cricketing Babe Ruth, for the crowd's behavior. Bradman could afford to be gracious. His bully boys, with the help of bumpers, were leading England (which hadn't had its second innings yet) by 478 runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winning Ways | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...Bronx, Babe Ruth put on his old uniform for the last time: in a homeplate ceremony at Yankee Stadium the uniform was formally presented to the Hall of Fame and National Baseball Museum at Cooperstown, N.Y., and the Bambino's celebrated old number 3 was officially retired, never again to identify a Yankee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Quiet, Please | 6/21/1948 | See Source »

...Yale University Library's manuscript collection, Babe Ruth presented a treasure: the MS. of his autobiography, The Babe Ruth Story ("as told to" Bob Considine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 14, 1948 | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

...Babe Didrikson Zaharias, all-round woman athlete of athletes, took on a job-without-pay: as "recreational consultant" to Denver's juvenile court she will teach waifs, strays and "bad boys" how to have fun outdoors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 10, 1948 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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