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Word: boots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Boot Sirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 4, 1946 | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...this point, Leverett elected to try for a field goal. The crowd laughed when big Norm Cameron backed up, adjusted his helmet, and prepared to boot the ball from such a formidable distance, but the gasped a moment later when a long low kick sailed toward the uprights. The ball struck the cross-bar and bounded back on the field, and the Elephants lowered their trunks, gave a long sigh of relief, and took over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bunnies, Elephants Fight 0-0 Tie; Adams Eleven Mangles Winthrop | 10/25/1946 | See Source »

Phil Potter scored first for Harvard on a boot from about ten yards out, and two minutes later added another on a penalty kick. Jocko Smith got the third and last goal for the Crimson in nine minutes of the first period when he slammed home a hard angle shot from the right of the goalmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters Suffer First Loss of Season from Amherst, 4-3 | 10/21/1946 | See Source »

During his training moves over the huge oval he had shown speed and stamina, but neither boot nor bat could budge him past a spot on the clubhouse turn where a friendly side road beckoned towards his stable area. He had made plain his stand, or so he thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mahout Takes a Stand | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

...skier had slipped one foot out of his ski boot as he approached the tree, slipped it back after he passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Puzzle | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

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