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Word: beatings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rock-ribbed conservative when the reference is to his own, to what he has struggled to get hold of; and so is every other man. So is John L. Lewis, so is Browder. Each and every one of them has on occasion clawed and bitten and beat the stairs, yelling foul, when thoughtless "liberals" have sought to divide up their powers, perquisites and glories. If there is any meaning left in the word "liberal," 1938 style, it signifies someone who is eager to divide and disperse something belonging to someone else, but just as conservative as the next man when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 6, 1938 | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...bail, Mayor Knabb was promptly greeted by a Better Bremerton League headed by the town's principal ministers, asked to "observe the moral laws as well as the civil laws." Babbled Jesse Knabb: "Aw, those pitiful ministers, one is a Holy Roller and the other is a dead beat. I'm going to start a recall against Purves. Why, these charges are practically nothing at all. I can't get the drift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON: Fighting Tailor | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

Lefty Wilfred Lefebvre is the likely Holy Cross pitcher. Until B. C. beat him 3 to 0 last Monday, the Purple hurling ace was undefeated in seven encounters. Art Kenney, who tripped the Varsity a week ago and let Yale down Wednesday, is another Crusader whom Jack Barry may summon to the mound...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRUSADERS BRING CRACK NINE HERE, BATTLE TOMORROW | 6/3/1938 | See Source »

...final league spurt, the Dartmouth Indians trounced Columbia Wednesday and with eight wins against three defeats have become real threats to the Crimson championship hopes. Harvard now must beat Dartmouth in a return engagement Saturday, June 18, and take at least one game from Yale to cinch the title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRUSADERS BRING CRACK NINE HERE, BATTLE TOMORROW | 6/3/1938 | See Source »

Harvard took up the challenge by swinging up to 35 and holding the spacing in a power drive. From here on it was the Crimson's race to row as they pleased, and Chace lifted the beat to 38 before the winning shell went over the line. Columbia slammed across at 41, clocking in 7:55 to the victor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Concludes Sprint Season With Win Over Lions | 5/31/1938 | See Source »

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