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Word: cupful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...taken as a whole are a motley crew. Experience among the oarsmen ranges from none in the two week old Weld Boatclub crew, comprised primarily of bolters from the varsity football squad, to a great deal for the Crimson's third varsity eight, which will enter the Steward's Cup race. There are three different ight racs, first, second and third closs, and Coach Tom Bolles at Newell and Coach Blake Denison at Weld have entered their boats to correspond with the quality of the competition expected in each class...

Author: By R. JOHNSON Shortlidge, | Title: Gala ARA Regatta Will Pack Charles Saturday | 5/19/1949 | See Source »

Steward's Cup Heads Menu...

Author: By R. JOHNSON Shortlidge, | Title: Gala ARA Regatta Will Pack Charles Saturday | 5/19/1949 | See Source »

...hunger strike against the government's "wavering, incompetent and characterless" policy of appeasing the Nationalists. He went on a diet of fruit juice and unsweetened tea. His protest was in vain. This week van Suchtelen read the news of the government's agreement with the "rebels." This cup of tea was too bitter for him; discouraged, he broke his fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: *High Hopes & Bitter Tea | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

After Kennedy& Berle broke up, Milton had some trouble catching on as a single. His brashness, coming from a gawky kid with loving-cup ears, struck most people as intolerable. But Milton and Mom persevered. When he was 21, illness made a vacancy at the New York Palace, vaudeville's top spot, where he had played with Elizabeth several times. An agent booked Milton at $750 a week and discreetly vanished on a cruise. But Milton "fractured 'em," ran for seven weeks and won a firm hold as a headliner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Child Wonder | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...accustomed to a low-stroking effort over a mile and three-quarters distance, the Crimson varsity demonstrated that it could also raise a high beat as it turned on its fastest sprint of the season to edge Penn and Princeton in the finals and gain possession of the Rowe Cup...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Varsity Crew Gains Eastern Sprints Title | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

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