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Word: dicks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...George School's new principal, Richard McFeely, is a Quaker who once coached football at George and is still known to alumni as "Mister Dick." A football player at Swarthmore, he was later struck down by infantile paralysis. At Warm Springs, Ga. he met the nurse he later married and became a good friend of Franklin Roosevelt. He is determined that George School under him shall be as it was under Walton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Quakers with the New Look | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

...third time in a month, New Jersey's 18-year-old Dick Button out-darted Switzerland's Hans Gerschweiler to win the men's world figure-skating championship. He had already won the European and Olympic titles at Prague and St. Moritz. Defending Champion Gerschweiler did a pratfall during an Axel Paulsen in the free-skating. Three of the nine judges rated Button's performance 5.9 (perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dodds Mumped | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

Space does not permit mentioning all the forwards. Sophomore Jim Malonc is especially memorable to the Crimson skaters because he participated in nine goals in a single game against them last year. Backing up these forwards is an all-Olympic defense, while veteran goalle Dick Desmond still maintains his remarkable aplomb in the nets...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 2/18/1948 | See Source »

...Crimson, on the other hand, while improving in some of the running events, has lost its 10-point-a-meet hurdler, Wes Flint, along with other field veterans like Jack Fisher and Pete Harwood, all through graduation. Jeff Tootell and Dick Stokes were supposed to have taken up some of the slack in the shot put and hurdles but both of these men are currently on probation...

Author: By Stophen N. Cady, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/17/1948 | See Source »

...previous bout, Crimson 165-pounder Don Louria evened up the meet score by getting the only pin for Harvard with a crucifix over the Big Red's Charlie Strack in 4:21. In the final match of the afternoon Crimson captain Peter Fuller tied with Dick Clark to jump the score from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Edge Past Cornell, 16 - 13; Swimmers Douse Springfield, 45 - 30 | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

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