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Word: duke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh left the baby Prince Charles at home and went off to judge floats in a student carnival. As winner they picked one depicting Britain's first steam railway train. The float's name: "Our Charlie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: No Place Like Home | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

Arthur Murray dance teachers named the best non-professional dancers of the land, without saying whether they were customers. Among the favored: Joe DiMaggio, Doris Duke, Bing Crosby, Esther Williams and (for "dignity, poise and bearing") New York's Mayor William O'Dwyer and General Mark W. Clark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: No Place Like Home | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

Yale, 75; Rutgers, 27; LaSalle, 23; Dartmouth, 19; Army, 18; Penn, 11; Harvard and Navy, 7; Colgate, 6; Princeton and Duke, 5; Seton Hall, 4; Syracuse, Cornell and Temple...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Yale Sweeps E.I.S.L. Swim Competition; Crimson 7th | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...best the Crimson could do all day was to pick up fifth place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a team composed of Norm Watkins, Shop Brown, Bob Berke, and Joe Fox. Rurgers and Duke placed first and second in the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Record Time Helps Eli Lead In EISL Meet; Varsity Lags | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

...Example: Durham, N.C.'s Trinity College which, in 1924, in consideration of millions in endowment from Tobacco King James Buchanan ("Buck") Duke, became Duke University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Innocent Merriment | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

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