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Word: champion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pale green floor of the House of Commons last week the champion orators of the Labor Party and of the Tory Opposition clashed in head-on combat. Technically they were debating Britain's monetary plight, but they both made slambang political speeches aimed straight at the forthcoming national elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Battle of the Giants | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...lasted the additional sixteenth of a mile to win by almost a length from Calumet Farm's highly regarded Theory. In name, if not in fact, the colt that had won a mere $7,250 before last week (Futurity value to the winner: $87,585) was the champion U.S. two-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Speed & Foresight | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Screen Guild Theater (Thurs. 9 p.m., NBC). Kirk Douglas in Champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Oct. 10, 1949 | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...Last year's Crimson tied champion Cornell, 3 to 3, away at Ithaca...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Soccer Team Plays Cornell at Noon | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

Because Cornell is the champion and boasts eight letterman starters to the Crimson's six, the Big Red will be the favorite when the teams kick off at noon on the Business School Field. But Munro thinks the following factors may spoil upset...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Soccer Team Plays Cornell at Noon | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

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