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Word: cross (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...under cross-examination last week May admitted that his personal bank account had gotten badly mixed up with Cumberland Lumber Co. funds. Confessed Andy: "I checked out money in the most convenient way on whichever account was available." Somehow he had forgotten to account for $15,000 worth of lumber Cumberland had sold on the open market. He admitted that he was in the habit of depositing large wads of cash in two strong-boxes he kept handy in Washington and at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Handy Andy | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...this year. With the issue of the Ivy League Album in mid-winter, the office in the basement of Payne Hall has become a beehive of activity. "Over 3000 albums have been sold," claimed Manager W. Jay Skinner '48, "and we had to turn down a request from Holy Cross to make recordings of their songs at their own expense...

Author: By Charies W. Bailey, | Title: Band Winds Up Season With Commencement Appearance | 6/5/1947 | See Source »

...time high enrollment of 2620 undergraduates, '22 devoted the first half of the academic year chiefly to the maintainance of tradition. Coach John Fisher's football team, with Richmond Keith Kane as its captain, fought a nine-game schedule with considerable success. Two local colleges, Boston University and Holy Cross, were the first to bow to the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports, Tradition Played Major Role in '22 As Post-War College Returned to 'Normal" | 6/4/1947 | See Source »

...Holy Cross engagement will find the Samborski squad anxious to avenge a 9-to-8 beating suffered at Worcester early in the season, when the Varsity blew an early lead and presented the Crusaders their victory with several ninth inning errors. Holy Cross, a traditionally strong baseball college, edged the Boston Braves in an exhibition game this week, and is gunning for a bid to the NCAA championships next month...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Nine Visits Providence Tomorrow, Meets Crusaders Here on Saturday | 5/29/1947 | See Source »

...benches or in the double-decker bunks, reading pulp magazines by the dull oil lamps. The rafters over the hot stoves were festooned with drying socks. As soon as the poker players cleared the cards and money from the table, the minister set up his small silver cross and two candles and began to talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Preacher in the Woods | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

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