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Word: eighths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...candymakers. Waving a peanut bar over his head, Poage cried: "Mr. Chairman, here is a candy bar I just purchased within the last five min utes. This is the only peanut bar you can buy in the cloakroom. This peanut bar weighs, according to its wrapper, one and one-eighth ounces. You can make more than 14 bars out of one pound of peanuts, if you made them all out of peanuts." Poage slowly unwrapped the bar, continued darkly: "As a matter of fact, it has not got very many peanuts in it. Look inside." He broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Political Peanuts | 5/16/1955 | See Source »

...varsity meets Dartmouth today at 3:45 on the Soldiers Field courts in its eighth league match. The Crimson will be favored to win by a small margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Net Team Bows to Ephs; Yardlings Take Fourth Match, 7-2 | 5/11/1955 | See Source »

...Crimson picked up an insurance run in the fourth when Bob Hastings doubled to left and then scored on a wild pitch and passed ball. The team's final run came in the eighth. Matt Botsford singled to center and reached third when Bill Chauncey singled to right. Botsford scored on the catcher's second throwing error...

Author: By Lee Pollak, | Title: Varsity Nine Tops BC, 5-1 To Gain GBL First Place | 5/11/1955 | See Source »

Neat Squeeze. Alston's big moment came later, in the last of the eighth. Now the Giants were ahead 5-4. The Dodgers had men on first and third-one out. At the plate, Jackie Robinson laid down a neat bunt to squeeze Runner Don Zimmer home. But Zimmer hesitated on the base path, playing it safe. Steaming across the infield, First Baseman Whitey Lockman scooped up the ball and whipped it home. "Yer out!" screamed Pinelli. "Yer crazy!" yowled Alston. And with half his team's help, he played some colorful variations on the same theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Record Makers | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

Behind the powerful attacks of Captain Dexter Lewis, the Crimson Saturday took its eighth of 14 games with Williams since 1928 by a 7-5 score...

Author: By W. P. Smith, | Title: Lewis Captains Lacrosse Team to 7-5 Victory Over Williams College | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

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