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Word: dune (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...appeal that they seem hardly worth saving. The death of one and the madness of the other seem appropriate but by no means tragic ends. Much as she cares for Port, Kit makes love to his best friend and tripmate, Tunner, in a train compartment, again on a sand dune as Port lies dying. Kit and Port, with their indistinct backgrounds and motives, are largely novelist's puppets, and Tunner is a collard lightweight who is used to fill out the classic triangle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sex & Sand | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Today MGM's camera unit travels to Barnstable on Cape Cod for ocean and sand dune scenes. As soon as they are completed, MGM will return to Boston briefly for several railroad station shots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MGM Completed Shooting in Yard | 10/28/1949 | See Source »

...Dune Mauran, who was held to short gains all afternoon, made five yards through the center of the line and on the next play Slug Dolan cut off tackle--out side his right tackle, inside the end--broke to his left when he got into the Dartmouth secondary, and spurted 60 yards behind three blockers. Hugh Edmonds' place-kick for the extra point drifted wide of the uprights...

Author: By Pete Taub, | Title: Jayvees Lick Green, 6-0, For first Football Victory | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

...freshmen ran through Dartmouth plays for close to an hour for the benefit of the defensive squad. Recently-recruited jayvees Jack Carmen, Pete Leavitt, Gordy Stensrud, and Heine Dunker all worked in the line with this group, while Dune Mauran appeared on offense for the first time...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Only Two Grid Casualties Sidelined | 10/18/1949 | See Source »

McCabe's most successful ground-gainer last season, Dune Mauran, will be at fullback again this year and will probably carry much of the load. Hugh Edmends, a former varsity man, is quarterbacking along with Lee Pernice; Joe Broide and Bob Wiley are the first two wingbacks; Sing Dolan, Dusty Burke, and Dudley Celton the tailbacks. Dolan is out with a leg injury and won't be able to open the season against Army here Saturday morning...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/13/1949 | See Source »

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