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Word: breaking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said. Speaking of the past three years as mentor, he continued. "I have attempted to build up and firmly establish a system based on a principle of attack. The team has been sent onto the field with the idea of trying to score, rather than waiting for a break which might carry with it the fortunes of victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coach Horween Will Return to Guide 1929 Gridiron Destinies | 1/12/1929 | See Source »

...turned star in professional ranks, eked out a 4 to 3 win over Harvard. The Crimson conquered McGill by a 3 to 2 count in an overtime clash and later fell before a powerful Toronto aggregation by the same score. In a return clash, an overtime period failed to break the scoreless deadlock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SEXTET MEETS DARTMOUTH IN HANOVER TODAY | 1/12/1929 | See Source »

...Upton '31, the main object of Middlebury's defense, was unable to score. He played a fast game, but could not break away at any time long enough to shoot. J. S. Rex '31 and H. T. Wenner '30, Harvard's high scorers, played an excellent game throughout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIDDLEBURY LOSES TO HARVARD FIVE 41 TO 31 | 1/12/1929 | See Source »

...enterprise has been undertaken. An army airplane has triumphed in its endeavor to break all existing endurance records for crafts both heavier and lighter than air. For days, aimlessly flying through space, it has remained aloft. The crew could not be daunted, even though motors should strain and fouled spark plugs almost force a landing. "Only Elijah," It has been opportunely stated, "has gone farther and longer than the Question Mark." And in commenting upon this, a secretary of aviation has added, "Good, let's trim Elijah...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MODERN MIRACLES | 1/8/1929 | See Source »

...business of placing the condemned man in the electric chair is quickly and simply done. Then-"as the switch is thrown into its socket there is a sputtering drone, and the body leaps as if to break the strong leather straps that hold it. Sometimes a thin gray wisp of smoke pushes itself out from under the helmet that holds the head electrode, followed by the faint odor of burning flesh. The hands turn red, then white, and the cords of the neck stand out like steel bands. After what seems an age, but is. in fact, only two minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sing Sing | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

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