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Word: choo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other upsets last week: ¶Unpredictable Louisiana State knocked the props from under North Carolina and Halfback Choo Choo Charlie Justice, 13-7, for the Tar Heels' first regular-season setback in 22 games. ¶Underdog Southern Methodist, minus the services of Quarterback Doak Walker (ill with influenza), came from behind to beat undefeated Kentucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Upset Saturday | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...Atlanta, does even an "ook" give out with a wolf whistle, but? No. When girls pass by, more likely the air is rent with cries of "Woowoo, choo-choo," or even a snatch of verse: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, come on, baby, you must, you must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Where You Goin', But? | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Sugar. Underdog Oklahoma capitalized on "Choo Choo" Charlie Justice's upset stomach and nipped unbeaten North Carolina, 14-6. The Sugar Bowl basketball title went to St. Louis University, which outplayed Kentucky, 42-40, in the season's only scheduled meeting between last year's two best college teams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Busy Bowls | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...North Carolina's Tar Heels, with Choo Choo Justice's help, beat L.S.U...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Unbeatens | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...Then Choo Choo Charlie went to town. He set up a touchdown with a series of bullet passes, and lugged the ball around right end for the score. He plowed through the middle for 14 yards and another touchdown. He relied on cutbacks and shiftiness rather than sheer speed. Said one blocker: "It's easy to block for Charlie, because he sets up the blocks." Choo Choo had an uncanny photographic eye that enabled him to get a quick picture of a broken field defense. He accounted for Carolina's third and game-winning touchdown by taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Jack Rabbit of Chapel Hill | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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