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Word: fifth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boosted the wet cause. Thousands of factory workers and servicemen imported bootleg liquor from Missouri. Kansas boys, raised on lemonade, went away to war, learned there was something more exhilarating, came home demanding more of the same. Bootleggers rejoiced and multiplied; bonded liquor went to $16 a fifth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KANSAS: Kansas Capitulation | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...Bruins have come through with some sterling defensive play this season and at present are ranked fifth nationally in pass defense. They are also fifth in the nation on total defense, permitting only 66 points to be scored against them this year. No team has scored more than six points against Brown since the Princeton game on October 2. On offense the Bears have tallied 188 points through the air and on the ground...

Author: By John SWANTON (sports editor and Brown DAILY Herald), S | Title: Victory-Starved Crimson Digs In To Repulse Rampant Brown Bear | 11/13/1948 | See Source »

...Fifth--bow, Rotch; 2, Greene; 3, Pennoyer; 4, Osborne; 5, Hull; 6, Harris; 7, Taggart; stroke, Hutchinson; cox, Mason...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leavitt's Eight Places First In Intra Varsity Crew Meet | 11/12/1948 | See Source »

Dean Cronkhite, now celebrating her twenty-fifth year with Radcliffe, will be honored next Thursday at a reception in Agassiz given by the Annex Board of Trustees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe | 11/12/1948 | See Source »

Thayer Middle chalked up its fifth straight win in Yard touch football yesterday to maintain its lead in the American League. At the same time, Straus mustered enough men to win by forfeit over an exam-ridden Lionel team and thus cinch a tie for the National League crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thayer, Straus On Top of Freshman Football Leagues | 11/9/1948 | See Source »

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