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Word: ell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Under the leadership of On Stade the Crimson poloists a scored a thrilling 8-6 triumph over the Ell horsemen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEEKEND SPORTS | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

Another contest over Yale was won when the Freshman 150-pound and Eliot House crews submerged their Ell opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEEKEND SPORTS | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...annual Nile flood, on which Egypt's fertility depends, comes in summer, when rivers normally shrink. From June to September the Nile rises 13 to 14 ells (1 ell = 7/10 yd.) in Upper Egypt, 7 to 8 ells in the Delta. Value of the flood is twofold: water for irrigation, silt for crops. Fertilizing value of the Nile's silt has been assessed at $7.50 an acre. Seventy percent of Egypt's cultivated land yields double or treble harvests; in some places there are seven harvests in 15 months. Could Mussolini starve Egypt by damming Lake Tana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Potamography | 2/22/1937 | See Source »

Most disappointing of all is the news that scrappy Ben Hallow ell's shoulder injury will bench him for about a month, or almost the whole season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INJURIES THREATEN HOCKEY HOPES WITH 3 PLAYERS OUT | 1/14/1936 | See Source »

...Ell Boots A Genius...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/12/1935 | See Source »

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