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Word: berthing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were Navy, Dawkins crashed home on two tries in Oxford's 36-0 victory. Hoisting a friendly pint of stout with his opponents after the game ("Something we unfortunately don't have in American football"), Dawkins had no illusions that he had yet nailed down a berth on the Oxford team that will play Cambridge. Said he modestly: "I am just getting past the stage where I'm getting used to the rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Yank at Oxford | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

...movies. It's like Hollywood 15 years ago; every girl is a starlet. I didn't meet one who didn't claim to have been in Ben Hur." ¶Denmark-"The emphasis is on vaudeville acts. One of the best had a man in an upper berth peering at a girl in a lower as she got ready for bed. They have lots of creative imagination over there. Danish girls are a cross between the English and French, but they're prettier than either." ¶England-"The girls just aren't very sexy. The shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURLESQUE: Baedeker | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

...outstanding features of today's game was the play of sophomore fielder Tadgh Sweeney. On the second midfield until last Saturday, Sweeney's speed and blocking have earned him a permanent berth on the first unit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Defeats Tufts In Lacrosse, 17 to 7 | 5/7/1959 | See Source »

...N.H.L.'s tensest finale in years, the Leafs were trailing Detroit 2-0 when they heard over the public-address system that the Rangers had lost their final game in New York; they roared back to take the game, and with it the Rangers' play-off berth. In their cup semifinal against Boston, the Leafs spotted the Bruins a two-game lead, came back to win four games to three. Boston's Manager Lynn Patrick was more impressed by Coach Imlach than by the Leafs: "He has a gift for making 98-lb. weaklings think they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big-Time Talker | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

Wood and Lemann defeated Gallwey and Vinton for the second doubles berth and will play behind Weld-Bowditch, unless the varsity sweeps the singles and Barnaby decides to rest his top doubles pairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Tennis Will Play Cadets; Crimson to Face Cornell in Lacrosse | 4/18/1959 | See Source »

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