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Word: despard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Louis McCagg will be at stroke, George Gifford at number seven oar, Jim Slocum at six, Steven Hedberg at five, Clem Despard at four, Bill Bliss at three, Doug Fletcher at two, and Bob Webb in the bow. The coxswain is Warren Clark...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: '52 Oarsmen Duel 4 Shells Here Today | 5/7/1949 | See Source »

Webb, bow; Fletcher, 2; Bliss, 3; Despard, 4; Hedberg, 5; Slocum, 6; Gifferd, 7; McCagg, stroke; Clarke, coxswain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Boatings | 4/30/1949 | See Source »

Harvey Love, the freshman crew coach, is contemplating several changes in the boating he started last week. A witch in the number four car, occupied in the season's opening race by Clem Despard, is especially probable because of the improvement of the number four man rowing thus far in the second boat...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: MIT Freshman Crew Out To Turn the Tables Today | 4/30/1949 | See Source »

...changes are at present in the offing in the freshmen's starting lineup. Louis McCagg is at stroke, George Gifford at number seven oar, Jim Slocum at six, Steve Hedberg at five, Clem Despard at four, Bill Bliss at three, Jack Avis at two, and Bill Engstrom in the bow. Warren Clark will steer, yell stroke, and generally direct activities from the coxswain's post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: General Optimism Shrouds '52 Crew Opener | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

...English Seminary in Spain, Chisholm was given to somewhat worldly high spirits. "Deputed to read aloud in the refectory he smuggled in and substituted for The Life of St. Peter of Alcantara a ... tract entitled When Eva Stole the Sugar" He also set fire to the newspaper Father Despard was reading in the common room. "Asked why ... he laughed and answered, 'The Devil finds work for idle hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Goodness Made Readable | 7/21/1941 | See Source »

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