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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is an unusually small amount of material, for there are only three men back from last year. These are: Nathaniel Warner '30, in the 175 pound class; Captain Joseph Lifrak '29, in the 145 pound class; and J. H. Burns '29 in the 125 pound class. The latter two are intercollegiate champions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRAPPLERS' ELIMINATION TRIALS BEGIN ON MONDAY | 12/14/1928 | See Source »

...University line-up, though still uncertain, will in all probability be composed of G. O. Clark '31, No. 1: E. T. Gerry '31, No. 2: and F. A. Clark '29, back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDOOR POLOISTS IN TILT WITH DANVERS TOMORROW | 12/14/1928 | See Source »

...maze complicated by the different way in which the Indian names are treated by the Buddhist of Tibet, China, and Japan Some of those names are translated, others are transcribed by the non-Indian Buddhists and still others represent a mixture of the two methods. Tracing those names back to their original Indian forms is not always an easy task...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BARON VON STAEL-HOLSTEIN DESCRIBES WIDE DIVERGENCY OF BUDDHIST SECTS | 12/13/1928 | See Source »

...pitchers wouldn't like the scheme. Even if they hit only once in six trips to the plate they have a human desire to crack something. They want to get back at the other pitcher for all the hits that have whistled past their ears. Although the proposal does not prevent the pitchers from taking their turns, the chances are that managers would discover some player short on brains and fielding prowess, but able to hit them far and frequently, who would stay on the roster as a hitter and nothing else, to the exclusion of the pitcher from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BASEBALL TEN | 12/13/1928 | See Source »

...interesting accompaniment to these tremors was a marked southward tilting of the ground early Saturday evening, while, from about 9 o'clock on, a distinct swing back toward the north took place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEISMOGRAPHIC STATION SENSES SATURDAY STORM | 12/11/1928 | See Source »

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