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Word: blew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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They say a dude set off 17 sticks of blasting powder across the river last week, and blew up a goodly portion of riverbank along with it. 17 sticks is a powerful lot of dynamite, even for a lark. It wasn't very thoughtful of him either, cause the City of Boston spent a pile of money a few years back filling in the very same hole he blew the dirt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red-Blooded Dynamite | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

...trumpeter blew as the packing-cases burned in Lowell House Courtyard last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trumpet Blows as Lowell Ashes Cool | 11/27/1948 | See Source »

...start of the third and final four minute quarter, the tally rested at four-all. Then the Techs scored, the whistle blew, and 12 tired swimmers climbed out of the water. The girls claimed that the time really wasn't up, but they would call the game quits for the sake of "male supremacy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Water Polo Gets New Look As Annex Battles with MIT | 11/23/1948 | See Source »

...leading sports writers who ventured predictions on the game in Saturday's CRIMSON, only one, the Boston Post's Gerry Hern, who picked Yale to win by one touchdown, was on the wrong side of the fence when the final whistle blew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scribes Right for Once In Supporting Crimson | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Handsome Dan, Yale's Bulldog, didn't have a very good day either. The Harvard Band came over during the half and blew in his car and then there was that damn turkey. A couple of guys, Harvard cheerleaders by the looks of them, brought this tough old bird over to do combat. But Dan wasn't having any, not with something that flew and pecked and scratched. He showed the turkey his rear and made it very plan he wanted to be left alone. After the game, when the noise really started, Dan made a boe-line...

Author: By George G. Daniels, | Title: Riotous Crimson Partisans Rip Up Goalposts, Yale Men | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

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