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Word: chesney (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dibble-there was a case-had the heart of a "goof" until his girl booed his opponent on the last tee and he finally won a match. And William Bates, the stolid oaf: it took an insufferable poet and a water hazard to nerve him to propose. And Wallace Chesney with the purple-checked plus-fours; Gladstone Bott, wormcast carom king; storklike Bradbury Fisher; and that horde moving up the rough at dusk, the Wrecking Crew. . . . Golf has not yet begun this season on some U. S. courses but where Funnyman Wodehouse is read, play need never cease. His long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Apr. 25, 1927 | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

...Assembled in Europe last season by experts solely for concert purposes, never before played on in the U. S. The instruments were: First violins?the Joachim Stradivarius, 1723; the La Chesney Stradivarius, 1687; the Montagnana, 1747; a Tecchler, 1722. Second violins?the Dancla Stradivarius, 1710; a Guadagnivi. Violas? a Guadagnivi, 1780; Gaffriller, 1727. Cellos?a Ruger, 1765; a Tecchler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: At Wanamaker's | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

...Cummings C. Chesney, manager Pittsfield Works, General Electric Co., pioneer in polyphase and high-voltage transmission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Medals | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

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