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Word: cracking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Third man in the Holl Cross meet was Harvard's Pen Tuttle '40. Pen shows prospects of being a star distant runner. A member of last year's crack Freshman track team Pen astonished all when he, never having run the distance before, ran away with the two mile run in the Yale meet last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARRIERS MEET GREEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE HERE | 10/22/1937 | See Source »

...fall schedules. Last year's Freshmen have been kept intact and, being the only boat to row together consistently during the season, have shown rapid improvement and can usually give the varsity a good fight. Some of these sophomores may step into the varsity and are certain to crack the Jayvees, notably Stevens and Richards, now rowing 7 and 4 respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Crew Prospects Bright After Bolles Concludes Month of Practice | 10/22/1937 | See Source »

Reidy--Simper a little when you say that crack...

Author: By John J. Reldy jr., | Title: Kelley Continues Modestly As Ever In Second Episode | 10/19/1937 | See Source »

Hitched to the crack Nord Express out of Paris for Berlin, a privately chartered sleeping car was hailed in the dead of night at Cologne this week with shouts of "Heil Windsor!" Sliding into Berlin early next morning, the Duke and Duchess were met on the platform by Nazi Labor Front Leader Dr. Robert Ley who presented a bouquet of red roses. Excited German women cried "We schön sie aussieht" ("how well she looks!") while the Duchess' two maids pointed out to porters her 30 pieces of luggage, most of it still labeled "W. S." (Wallis Simpson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Hett Windsor! | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

Last week, as a result of the Valles outbreak, Cardenas discarded his gingerly stand, made his first big move to crack down on Cedillo. Four thousand Federal reinforcements were ordered to move into the State. At the same time in Mexico City, Government officers swooped down on a clandestine radio station, allegedly operated by a Cedillo agent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Next War? | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

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