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Word: chess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Swift and masterful was the style in which veteran Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré consolidated the position of his new Cabinet, last week, smacked down his program of action before Parliament, and swept an enemy or two from the political chess board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Unknown Government | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

...team of Harvard chess players will-meet a Yale representation over the boards tonight in the Lyceum Commons at New Haven at 7.30 o'clock. Harvard will be represented by a group of players led by Captain F.R. Chevelier '29, last year's outstanding chessman for the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHESSMEN CLOSE SEASON WITH YALE MATCH TONIGHT | 11/24/1928 | See Source »

...Richard Wendower, H. C. Montgomery lost to F. N. Rich '31, K. S. Woodbury lost to Norton Long '31, I. J. Odenwelle lost to E. J. Davis '29, H. B. Cooper lost to John Benson '30, P. A. Roy lost to F. R. Chevalier '29, president of the Harvard Chess Club, C. D. Wlengend lost to W. A. Robinson '31, Robert Montgomery lost to Ordway Southard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Wins on Chess Board | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

Harvard defeated West Point seven matches to one when the two chess teams met Saturday evening at the Boston Chess Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Wins on Chess Board | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

...muscular endurance sank far down, as did his basal metabolism, and his efficiency upon the typewriter. His blood pressure, pulse, temperature, sleeping time, and ability in mental multiplication remained unchanged by Fletcherism. The only beneficial effect he found in Fletcherism was a marked increase in his ability to solve chess problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fletcherizing | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

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