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Word: bracketeers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, at the select Racquet & Tennis Club in Manhattan, 14 of the leading U. S. amateurs and world pros went after the prized Clarence C. Pell Cup for 1940. In the semifinal, Canadian Pro Kenneth Chantler disposed of Norbert Seltzer, Rac quet & Tennis Club professional. In the other bracket, Amateur Grant faced tough Tony Bertolotti, another Racquet & Tennis Club hired hand. Grant breezed through two games, 15-2, 15-4, had Bertolotti down 11-4 in the clinching game when the two collided. Grant came up game, but with a strained ankle. Then Bertolotti, who might have gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Honor Among Racqueteers | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

...Lewis's modesty on political matters is not borne out by the reputation earned by his three most recent works of critical comment, the latest being "The Hitler Cult." Unable to bracket him as either "right" or "left," the members of both categories and the vast bulk in the middle have successively claimed him as an ally and hotly thrown him forth-from their midst, according to their varying interpretations of his ideas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wyndham Lewis Predicts Invigorated Democratic Britain Will Be Victorious | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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