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Word: fracases (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

But the lumps were dealt out to both sides yesterday, when the two squads played an informal game, won by the Varsity two touchdowns to one. Play was interesting for the spectators, finishing under the Stadium lights, but was not particularly gratifying for the coaching staff. The blocking and cohesion...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Experienced Eleven Drills for Rutgers Tilt | 10/29/1946 | See Source »

Presented under the auspices of the Carleton Club, the fracas will feature witches from Wellesley and Simmons, residents of Boston, and even a smattering of 'Cliffedwellers peering in at the windows. Stags are urged to come dressed as something more original than a college student, with mask as the absolute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Females Plan Masquerade Festival | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

Punting and impregnable line play in the clutches told the story in the Bunny Elephant fracas as Eliot's Sid Greeley and Leverett's Norn Cameron got off kick after kick from the shadows of their respective goalposts to return the ball once more to enemy territory.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bunnies, Elephants Fight 0-0 Tie; Adams Eleven Mangles Winthrop | 10/25/1946 | See Source »

Game movies of the Princeton fracas left the Varsity head coach in a pleasant mood. The pictures revealed that the Crimson's coverage on Tiger passes was good on all but two of Carl Leibert's aerials, and the completed forwards were almost all a case of the rangy Princeton...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Varsity Given Half-Holiday With Brief Practice Session | 10/15/1946 | See Source »

Who would control the new Senate? Republicans, in the minority for 13 years, needed a net gain of ten seats to take over.* To many a practiced politico, this had seemed like an insuperable obstacle. But by last week, what with the Wallace fracas and the meat shortage, some had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Senate Sweepstakes | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

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