Word: cullinan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Largest: The monstrous Cullinan, found in South Africa's Premier mine in 1907 by a worker who got $10,000 bonus. It was split up for King George's crown and sceptre...
Largest diamond of all time was the Cullinan of 3,024 carats, discovered in South Africa, presented to King Edward VII and cut up into numerous smaller stones which were put to work among the British Crown jewels...
Coach Bill Stewart of Technology has a veteran defense line, while the forward line is less experienced. Captain Hazeltine and Peterson both have seen service on Tech teams before but Orbanowski and Ford, the two wings, are new this year. They replace Cullinan, last year's captain, and Lacey, both of whom have graduated...
...Shaun Goilin, whom he calls "a thoroughly Irish horse." As he watched Sir Lindsay and Melleray's Belle moving away, Mr. Midwood may have questioned the merits of his horse's ancestry more seriously than ever before, and even the judgment of his jockey, the famed Tommy Cullinan of County Limerick, son of a sporting farmer, famed for his clever finishes and for leading with Billy Barton at the last fence in 1928. But Tommy Cullinan was moving up the straightaway with Shaun Goilin, and in the final sprint he passed Sir Lindsay, raced Melleray's Belle...