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Word: championship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...understood that the annual Wimbledon tourney, generally regarded as the unofficial world's championship, next summer would be amateur...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Wimbleton Officials Discuss Plans To Admit Pros; Horse Meet Opens | 11/5/1959 | See Source »

...Dunster Funsters have gained a slight edge over other contenders in a tight race for the House fall sports championship, according to a survey of present football and soccer records...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster Leads in Sports | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

...hefty Bauerbursche (farm boy) can jerk an opponent belly-first across the table. At wedding receptions and opulent wakes, muscular champions of Fingerhackln (finger wrestling) customarily duel for a girl's favors. Last week in the market hall at Rosenheim, 76 burly Bavarians met for the Fingerhackln championship of the entire state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Finger Exercise | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...Championship CrewsHEAVIES LIGHTSwayze Bow NobleEllefson 2 FrenchBreckinridge 3 ChristianJones 4 HoffmanGregg 5 ChaseEverett 6 McKeemanMcClennen 7 RichardsBoyden Stroke GoodmanPeale Cox Bryan...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: Crimson Eights Score Double Win at Henley; Crews Take Grand Challenge and Thames Cups | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

Playing at unusual times and place is the Band's favorite trick--and a trademark. The musicians once got out of bed at dawn to give the cross-country team, bound for a championship meet, a musical sendoff at South Station. At another time they showed up in the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria and then marched through the streets of New York playing Christmas carols...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: University Band Celebrates 40th Anniversary | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

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