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Word: falle (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lighter fogs were used in practice last fall, and again this year, and were found entirely satisfactory, as the men were not only able to move with greater speed, but were amply protected. The line, with the exception of the ends, will play in regular football uniforms, so that the team will be in two parts, those in the familiar heavy fogs, and another group in a new abbreviated regalia, more like rugby than American football equip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coaches Put Short Pants on Dartmouth--Backs and Ends in Saturday's Contest to Be Dressed Freely and Easily | 10/19/1927 | See Source »

...Ticknor '31, of New York City, was chosen to lead this year's Freshman football eleven by a vote of his teammates yesterday afternoon. Ticknor, who plays fullback, has been one of the chief elements in the first year Crimson attack so far this fall. His 195 pounds of weight distributed over 6 feet 3 inches of height give him a powerful line-bucking drive which has been a valuable asset to the Freshmen in tearing open opposing lines this season. Against Andover two weeks ago he showed up particularly well, scoring one of his team touchdowns and proving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORMER MILTON STAR WILL LEAD 1931 FOOTBALL TEAM | 10/19/1927 | See Source »

...called "model province," who last week threw in his lot with the Nationalists, after months of alleged political bargaining. He has long been considered the kingpin in the Chinese situation; if he joined Chang Tso-lin, then the Nationalist cause was doomed; if he joined the Nationalists, then the fall of Peking might be considered certain and Chang driven back to Manchuria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: War Resumed | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...joined forces with Feng in a joint attack on Peking. The onslaught was directed from the north, where Kalgan was captured by Feng's northern army, and from the south, where Yen's troops beseiged the city of Paotingfu. Predictions were that Peking was due for an early fall, but successful counter-attacks by Chang's army put the situation in doubt, although it was certain that Peking was threatened by the most powerful military alignment since the Chinese civil war broke out and that the troops in this alignment were closer to the Chinese capital than ever before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: War Resumed | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...before they were married, Metabel noticed that Joseph was beginning to look as if there was more business in life that making a tree fall neatly. He was cutting down ash again, to get money for a store dress for Metabel to be married in. The little god of good humor advised her to go back to Early; he showed her the road. "All summer long the valleys around Early are as green as the sea. But in the autumn they are like yellow pools; over them the clouds swim slowly in the sun, trailing their cold blue shadows across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Oct. 17, 1927 | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

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