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Word: bested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...highest grades as a general rule, was his comment, go to the student who is the best "ape", to the one who can best imitate his teacher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean Holmes Refutes Rogers' Statement That Scholastic Grades are the Mark of the Dunce Cap as Exaggeration | 10/22/1929 | See Source »

Second Game. Outfielder Jimmy Foxx, the youngest Philadelphian, knocked a wild pitch for a home-run, his second of the series, with two friends on base. In the fourth inning the Athletics scored three times more and Manager McCarthy of Chicago took out Malone, one of his best pitchers. With one out, the bases filled, and the infield playing close so as to be able to field a grounder home, Cub Short-stop English boneheaded to second. Pitcher Earnshaw of Philadelphia tired but his successor, muscular Robert Moses Grove, proved that a good left-handed pitcher can do better than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...Best Plays in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMING,GOING | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...Best Pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMING,GOING | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...wish of "may the best team win" was fulfilled Saturday afternoon, for the 20 to 20 score accurately indicates the margin of supremacy which separates the Harvard and Army football teams. With a record-breaking crowd jammed into every available inch of space within the Stadium, the Crimson and West Point elevens battled to a standstill in a spectacular, savagely-fought clash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACCURATE AERIAL ATTACK SNATCHES GAME FROM ARMY | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

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