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Word: eighths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unbeaten Crimson squash team romped to its eighth straight win of the season Saturday by downing a weak Amherst squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Men Rout Amherst, 8 to 1 | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

...Laughs." At the Brawley races last week, racketing and roaring around the one-eighth-mile track, the little micros hit it up as high as 60 m.p.h. on the straightaways (record for the track: 11.8 sec.). Remarked one micro-midgeter: "When you're that close to the ground, 60 miles an hour is a hell of a lot faster than 120 in a standard-size car." Ward Swarthout's micro had a field day, beginning with two seconds and two firsts in the day's early events...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Micro Midgets | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

Another potential sacrificial lamb comes to town this afternoon to meet the unbeaten Crimson squash team. A lackluster Amherst squad should provide the varsity with its eighth straight win of the season as well as a welcome breather after last week's win over Army. Match time is set for 3 p.m. on the Hemenway courts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Racquetmen Face Amherst Today | 2/13/1954 | See Source »

...freshman basketball team won its eighth in a row over Exeter, 77 to 63, in the preliminary to the varsity game...

Author: By Stephen L. Seftenberg, | Title: Middies Beat Varsity Five In Tight Blockhouse Clash | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

...preliminary to the varsity contest, coach Floyd Wilson's undefeated freshman basketball team will seek its eighth win of the season against a tough Exeter five...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Quintet Favored to Top Varsity Five In I.A.B. Test Tonight | 2/6/1954 | See Source »

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