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Word: brockton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same jayvee quintet that crushed Burdett Junior College under an 84 to 38 score in its opener last week will take the floor here tonight against the Brockton YMCA...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvees to Entertain Brockton Five Tonight | 12/10/1947 | See Source »

Exemplary Misconduct. In Brockton, Mass., Mrs. Bessie P. Wixon, author of a book called Be Proud of Women, pleaded guilty to stealing $30,000 from the local women's club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 22, 1946 | 7/22/1946 | See Source »

Died. William Henry Wills, 63, 1941-45 Willkieite Governor of Vermont who catch-phrased party diehards as "the four-year locusts of Republican politics"; of a heart attack; in Brockton, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 18, 1946 | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

Botchdog. In Brockton, Mass., Joseph Freeman's watchdog snoozed through a burglary, awoke in time to drive away investigating policemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 4, 1946 | 3/4/1946 | See Source »

...demonstration took place in the town of Roetgen (pop. 2,300), near Aachen. Many of the townspeople had fled. Some were hiding in terror. Civil Affairs Officer Captain Gordon F. Thomas, of Brockton, Mass., drove in with five men, parked his jeep in front of the post office, established himself as judge, mayor and military boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OCCUPATION: Ruling the Conquered | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

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