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Word: game (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Russia's box score in her eight weeks' game of aggression: gained by kicking: one (Poland); gained by rushing: three (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia); fumbles: one (Turkey); lost on downs: one (Finland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Finnish Finish | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Missouri. In New York City's Yankee Stadium, Christman's hipper-dipper passes and lunging plunges were the margin between victory and defeat over New York University. But Christman is more than a good footballer, he is an extraordinary one: to him football is just a game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: Merry Christman | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...completely unathletic. "Ring Lardner once told me that the only exercise he got was when he took the links out of one shirt and put them in another. That goes for me too." He does play croquet, however-with a fierce desire to win, as he plays parlor games and bridge. Called by Ely Culbertson "the best amateur bridge player in the U. S.," he hates playing with his dub friends, tackles the experts without getting hurt, peppers the game with such comments as "I'd like a review of the bidding, with the original inflections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

After the Yale football game, Fesler will be able to devote all of his time to the hoop squad, and about five more men will report at that time. At present, some 20 men are working out in the evenings. Next week afternoon drills will start...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Team Practice to Start For MIT Game | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Clicking with championship precision throughout the first half, the Crimson booters ran up a 4 to 0 lead on a weak Brown team Saturday afternoon and succeeded in maintaining it to the end of the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Booters Gain 4-0 Win In Tilt with Poor Brown Team | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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