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Word: broking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...TIME's Welsh-born teletypesetter broke the Welsh jawbreaker correctly-after the third "y" (which is "the" in Welsh). It could also have been broken after the second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 18, 1949 | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...Crimson broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning and Ira Godin seemed in his way to his second win of the season. He walked George Winkler, a pinch-hitter for pitcher Bill Tighe, to open the ninth and Mario Insani advanced Winkler with a sacrifice. But when Mort Dunn made a great throw from deep short to retire Ray Foley Godin appeared out of trouble...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: BU Rallies to Overcome Nine, 4-3 | 4/14/1949 | See Source »

When a committee member broke into the testimony to ask if Professor Dirk J. Struik of MIT had violated the teachers' oath law by alleged subversive activities, Coolidge replied that he was "not satisfied" that Struik has advocated violent overthrow of the national government. Struik has every right to free speech, Coolidge said, adding that "it's a healthy thing to have a few cranks in a university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coolidge Attacks Plan to Deprive Leftists of Ballot | 4/14/1949 | See Source »

Police detectives have so far failed to turn up the key or the thief who broke into Brown's apartment Monday morning and made off with the key, shirt studs, an electric clock, a sun lamp, and a portable radio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Refined Thief Robs Scholar's PBK Key | 4/14/1949 | See Source »

...first session, Smith hired a hall that would seat 50, but when applicants besieged him with calls, he hastily switched to the 550-seat Women's City Club auditorium. The women all but broke down the doors; 300 without tickets were turned away. Few of the 583 registrants missed a session; bankers and corporation heads began to clamor to get on the list of guest lecturers. Last week Smith had 1,100 women on the waiting list for his second course, to start in a few weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENTS: Ladies' Day | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

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