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Word: flash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...games in this berth, to show any marked improvement. Putnam has exhibited a fine brand of running this season but it does not seem likely that his shift will be permanent. He also took his old job of directing the team for a while yesterday and Mays, fleet Sophomore flash stepped in at half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORWEEN SHIFTS BACKS FREELY IN LONG SIGNAL DRILL | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

...unusual condition will occur in the game when Stollmeyer, center forward of the Big Green, opposes his brother, captain of the Crimson. The Harvard flash is playing his third year as a member of the team, while his brother is listed in the starting Dartmouth lineup for the first time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON BOOTERS FACE STRONG INDIAN TEAM | 10/25/1929 | See Source »

...world's baseball championship.* One team was the Philadelphia Athletics, representing the American League. The other was the Chicago Cubs, representing the National League. As everyone knows, Mr. Wrigley is Cub owner. The millions of U. S. citizens who, through radio and newspaper, hung upon the flash of every ball, the crack of every bat, probably did not much concern themselves with the corporate aspects of the entertainment provided them. Nor, in justice to Mr. Wrigley, could it be said that his connection with baseball was sordidly commercial. The Chicago baseball franchise was no pearl of great price when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...acquired a mellow patina which enhances his interpretation of one not unlike himself in wisdom and sweetness of age. Sitting in his royally red chair, he pokes with his cane and his innuendos, rumbles and whispers, enchants his family with the great white droop of his head, the flash of his cavernous eyes. In an adept supporting cast, Fred Tiden is outstanding as the finical son-in-law who cannot bear to have small children tumbling about him. The children are never seen except as his nervous fingers betray their insuperability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 14, 1929 | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...stead. Charles Devens is a strong runner whose versatility will prove valuable. He can back, the line, run the ends, and fits into the lateral passing game well. Harper backed up the line in the usual efficient manner and seems to have more speed than last season. Mays, Sophomore flash, is an elusive ball carrier who also seems lateral-pass minded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELEVEN COASTS TO UNIMPRESSIVE WIN | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

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