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Word: excepts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...homely affair. The dingy convention hall was undecorated, except for three red flags and a few tired banners. The 250 delegates smoked steadily and stolidly, causing the chairman to cry: "Keep your butts off the floors!" There were no parades; no foolish talk of victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCIALISTS: Voice of the Lonely Lion | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Roger Davis pitched the winners to their last win before the Yale finale Saturday with a seven-hit performance. He was in complete command except for a brief Newton uprising in the sixth which produced three runs. The home team added an unearned run in the seventh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Howe, Davis Pace Harper's Nine as Newton Bows, 8-4 | 5/13/1948 | See Source »

Drizzling rain was little help to the competing oarsmen, who turned in creditable performances nevertheless. Coach Dennison pointed out that in none of the races except the wherry derby was the margin of victory greater than three boat lengths...

Author: By David G. Brasten, | Title: Eldredge Cops Darcey Sculling Cup | 5/12/1948 | See Source »

...least that's what John Mannick says and he should know for he is the editor of the Testament and says that it's the only House Yearbook at Harvard, in existence since 1936, except during the war. Sticking strictly within the Kirkland confines, the Testament goes over every entry with words, pictures and double entendros. It also mentions women...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Has No Sheep But That Won't Bother Deacons' Yearbook | 5/12/1948 | See Source »

...Except for the Great Unus, along with the Great Lamberti and the Great Alzanas, this year's Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus has little out of the ordinary to offer, which is not a particularly damning criticism if you happen to be entertained by polar bears, clowns, horses, acrobats, dancing girls, lions, aerialists, or unicycle riders. These standard items have been produced with aplomb, magnificence, smoothness, showmanship, and noisy music, leaving little to be nostalgically longed after by circus devotees except possibly the Wallendas, who used to ride bicycles across high wires...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Circusgoer | 5/12/1948 | See Source »

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