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Word: exceptional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Covey may be the Saul Mariaschin Coach Barclay has been looking for. He set up most of the plays against Brown last Saturday at Providence, and cleared of more defensive rebounds than anybody else except Smith,. "We made a lot of mechanical errors against Brown," Barclay explains, "but the defense was good and the boys really fought...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Basketball Team Plays Home Opener Tonight | 12/8/1948 | See Source »

...Except for a short five-point spurt by game was a clear walk away for the seniors. High scorer for the class of '49 was Nancy Woodman, who popped in 12 of the 21 points. Marion Marshall added seven more to the final score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors, Sophomores Win In Radcliffe Basketball | 12/8/1948 | See Source »

Carpenters have constructed a bulletin board for all house notices and are now working on a linen closet for the kitchen. No traces of lines have appeared as yet except for the weekly Gordon Supply bedding deliveries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 20 Walker St. Squawks, Gets Profile Lifted | 12/7/1948 | See Source »

...Except for the Lindbergh case, in which Irey got Hauptmann by tracing registered ransom bills, the technique was always much the same: to determine the size of the gangster's loot, then match it against his income-tax returns. By 1940, Irey had uncovered $476,573,129 in tax deficiencies (the Philadelphia Inquirer's late Publisher Moe Annenberg made the largest single contribution to the Treasury: $8,000,000). At one time nearly two-thirds of all federal prisoners were men jailed as a result of Irey's patient, adding-machine methods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What Elmer Did | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...central part of the program suffered, for the Band was off the stage, and except for a brief triumph of the Hungry Five, a small combo that combined um-pahs with lumps and grinds things were pretty spotty. The Krokodiloes did well with "You Tell Her, I Stutter,: and "How'm I Doin'" was very good, partly because of the dancing of Mildred Blacklock. She was the high spot of the choral numbers: a consistently skillful dancer who adapted herself especially well to the cramped stage. The Cliff-Riffs of Radcliffe also sang; they were not cramped by the stage...

Author: By Donald P. Spence, | Title: Drumbeats and Song | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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