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Word: championed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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That vote made Virginia's Woodrum, House champion of Economy, sure of another triumph. As Georgia's irascible Representative Edward E. Cox put it, the country Congressmen would cut the city men's throats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: No Log-Roll | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...golf tournament is the Masters', played on Bobby Jones's "dream course" in Augusta, Ga. Most golfers hope that Bobby Jones, now 37, paunchy and a 40-to-1 shot, may still win this tournament. As the sixth annual Masters' began last week, favorites were Open Champion Ralph Guldahl, Hillbilly Sam Snead and lanky Henry Picard, last year's winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Masters' | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Activity along the House athletic front has been resumed with the crews conditioning for the spring competition. Eliot, defending champion, is again favored to capture top honors, but a close fight is expected among the other Houses for valuable points in the Straus Trophy race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Crew | 3/29/1939 | See Source »

Clark, a one-man aquarium today tipped the scales at 158 before he started last night, and he scaled off afterwards at 165 as excited friends cheered this newest champion to the echo. He masticated the fish one by one and took less than ten minutes to do the entire job, pausing only momentarily between poissons to suck at oranges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 23 FINNY DENIZENS SUCCUMB TO RAVENOUS HARVARD EATER | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

Yale's place in the sun as foils champion is endangered by N. Y. U. and the Crimson, who walked away with top honors in this division in the pentagonals. Paul Perlowin of last year's Eli foils titlists remains, but A1 Labastie, Cranny Jones, and Art Jaros will hold up the Harvard side of things. Epeemen Hal Park and Bill Croach should be among the leading contenders for their division crown, and Tom Wright and Captain Skip Batchelder rate up with the high ranking saber artists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strong Crimson Foil Team Entered in Intercollegiate Swordsmen Tournament | 3/21/1939 | See Source »

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