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Word: exceptional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...yard affair the order was, the same as that of the shorter distance, except that Houben and Hussey changed places again. Miller once more placed second to Murchison, who this time came within one-tenth of a second of the world's best mark. His time was six and three-tenths seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MILLER SECOND IN MILLROSE SPRINTS | 2/5/1926 | See Source »

...difficult one. But there are two sides to every story and you have only shown me one--the outside. Yet I sincerely believe that if you can keep your husband from dipping his bread in his breakfast coffee you will have done all that any wife could do--except to continue, as Glenn Hunter has said, 'his best friend and most severe critic'--for he will need both...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 2/4/1926 | See Source »

...Hamilton team has to date an enviable record for a small college, and in past years has put up stiff opposition before succumbing to sextets representing universities outside its class. Except for the second period last year, the invaders held the Crimson even, the final score, 6-2, falling to represent accurately the closeness of the competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNBEATEN SEXTET BATTLES CRIMSON | 2/3/1926 | See Source »

...months last year, the average price for the whole year was only about 73? a pound, and the average for the past five years has been only about 32? or 33?. "Neither the Government of Great Britain nor that of the Straits Settlement gets anything out of it except so far as increased prosperity increases revenue derived from ordinary taxation. Further, it is in no way discriminatory or aimed at the American consumer, for the British consumer all over the world pays just as much as the American, and incidentally, seems to be objecting to doing so. "In these circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Rubber | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

Captain Wilkinson of the Tigers is scheduled to start at one of the outer defense posts, but this versatile player has played every position except goal, and his rushes tonight will be closely followed by the Crimson defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger, Proud of Eli Scalp, Hopes To Avenge Crimson's Victory | 1/30/1926 | See Source »

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