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Word: duel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Corral," the temporary fence built around Boylston Hall, claimed its first victim last night, as a Soc Sci 5 section man was shot in a duel with a sophomore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Irate Student Corrals Soc Sci Section Man | 1/21/1959 | See Source »

Petrarch G. Erasmus '51 died on Mt. Auburn St. after crawling halfway to Stillman Infirmary. With blood pouring from a wound in his chest, the dying section man gasped, "I gave the guy a 'D', so he challenged me to a duel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Irate Student Corrals Soc Sci Section Man | 1/21/1959 | See Source »

Dean Watson called the duel "most deplorable," and said that the "corral," which had been intended as a mating pen for the Chinese dragons, had "tasted sin." Watson indicated, however, that Hall's grade would be raised. "The University can do nothing to impair the obligation of contract," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Irate Student Corrals Soc Sci Section Man | 1/21/1959 | See Source »

...genial, handsome U.S. Decathlon Champion Rafer Johnson, 23. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S Sportsman of the Year for 1958, got to his feet to accept his award. In shy dignity, Johnson, California Negro who last July in Moscow scored an astounding 8,302 points to win a tense, ten-event duel with Russia's Vasiliy Kuznetsov, thanked his parents for "making it all possible," added quietly: "I have but one goal in life: to live like an American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 19, 1959 | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...final quarter continued a duel between Cousy and big Wayne Embry, who kept the Royals pressing with his 12 point contribution...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Olmedo Wins in Australian Tennis; Celtics, Lakers, Nats Win in N.B.A. | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

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