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Word: crackly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hour and ten minutes later Meredith came to the post for the half mile. At the crack of the gun Floto, of Princeton, got away into the lead. At the first turn Meredith's tremendous strides pulled him ahead with Floto falling back and Bingham close at his heels. As the pistol sounded the end of the first lap, Bingham forged ahead of Floto, and chased Meredith down the straightaway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Director of Harvard Athletics Protagonist in Tense Drama on Track in 1916--Pushed Meredith to Record | 12/15/1927 | See Source »

...There", said the authority on the Spanish Empire, pointing toward what would eventually be a forward pass, "there you have a concrete exemplification of the Drang Nach Osten tendency". A polite murmur of assent ran over the professorial assemblage and the blanketed professorial knees quivered in jubilation over the crack. Then a bony forefinger protruded into space and long white curtains floated in the Stadium atmosphere. "Will the gentleman entering the lower Portal of Section 39 kindly remove his hat?" Thousands sat in awe and whispers of "Well played, ... good eye ... bravo" were heard here and there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

...years, whispering an insult in his ear every time the crowds at Ringling's sat silent when he twisted an eyebrow at them. By 1920, he used to pick up dollars by coming in at business men's dinners and trying to make the solemn faces crack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Death of Marceline | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

William, & Mary came up to Princeton " and the annual crack about "Mary playing (with William on the sidelines) went the rounds. Princeton's captain and four regulars were the ones missing on the field; but Princeton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football Matches: Nov. 7, 1927 | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

Recalled by his government at the request of France, Christian Rakovsky, onetime Soviet Ambassador to France, sneaked away from Paris at the crack of dawn for Moscow. In his pocket was his letter of recall, which he was supposed to present, amid polite, if cool, verbosity, to President Gaston Doumergue. But M. Rakovsky did not bother to go near the Elysée Palace, where the President lives, and in order to avoid all farewells, friendly and hostile, he left in an apparent "huff" in an automobile, disappointing many people who went to see him off at the Gare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sneaked Away | 10/31/1927 | See Source »

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