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Word: downs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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"In Bavaria," says Peter, "the king used to give 100 marks to a family that had seven boys born in a row. Also, the king would be godfather of the seventh boy. My mother had six sons, and when the seventh was coming, they thought it would be a boy...

Author: By Robert J. Blinken, | Title: Boots, Beer Make Limmer Tradition | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

The actual process of making a pair of boots in a painstaking and tedious one. The pilgrim who travels to 135 Boylston St. gets his foot measured by Papa who insists that the lucky skier wear a properly ftting sock for the occasion. Having got a measurement of the customer...

Author: By Robert J. Blinken, | Title: Boots, Beer Make Limmer Tradition | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

Peter himself doesn't ski much now because "If I fell down, I'd have to wait till the snow melted to get up." Mama stills skis a bit. Francis and Peter are the athletes in the family. Francis spent several of his war years in the Camp Hale ski...

Author: By Robert J. Blinken, | Title: Boots, Beer Make Limmer Tradition | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

Ossman played well for the Crimson, breaking up several Brown passing threats. The longest run of the day came when Leone gathered in a Harvard punt and ran 75 yards before being brought down from behind on the six yard line.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown's Aerials Overhaul Jayvee Eleven by 27-6 | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

But last night William V. H. Mason '51, spokesman for the five student philanthropists, complained "we've asked at every boat house and fish wharf up and down the Charles, and no one will lend us a boat--not even for cash."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hopeful Bunnies Remain Boatless | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

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