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Word: berthed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...need money, if a boy wants to go to a good school, I'll talk to him, but if he wants a soft berth and money, I won't have anything to do with him," Walker declared. He pays for his expenses himself, sometimes running up as much as $200 worth of phone bills a month. He surveys over 1000 high and prep school players annually, giving dinners and talks. Last year he supplemented his persuasive program with a booklet about Yale...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 10/18/1951 | See Source »

Neither Buddy Lemay nor Red Lewis is a second Paul O'Brien as a center or line-backer, but Lemay alternated with O'Brien last season and, at this writing, seems slightly ahead of the hard-working Lewis for the starting berth. Bainy Frothingham has been having trouble with a trick knee, so 202-pound sophomore Tom Coolidge should see some action...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin jr., | Title: Ten Lettermen Return to Weak Line | 9/21/1951 | See Source »

Neither Buddy Lemay nor Red Lewis is a second Paul O'Brien as a center or line-backer, but Lemay alternated with O'Brien last season and, at this writing, seems slightly ahead of the hard-working Lewis for the starting berth. Bainy Frothingham has been having trouble with a trick knee, so 202-pound sophomore Tom Coolidge should see some action...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin jr., | Title: Ten Lettermen Return to Weak Line | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

...little girls, became the youngest U.S. girls' champion. Last year she kept her crown-and ranked tenth among the big girls in the women's division. This spring Teach decided that more junior competition would simply dull Maureen's game, coached her to a berth on the Wightman Cup team which beat Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Young Queen | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

...young tar had a rather quieter time. He once went hard-alee for a pretty little Portuguese, and had to do some tricky navigation to get out of port; but in general, says the prim old sea dog, "I always kept a straight course and gave them a wide berth, as I had no use for painted-faced daisies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Thar She Used to Blow | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

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