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Word: going (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...defensive setup is still indefinite. The picture was brightened this week by the return of Sam Butler, but just who the defensive specialists will be and who will go both ways has not yet been decided. Harvard's only non-combatants will be tackle Dick Guidera and tailback Jim Kenary...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Crimson, Crusader Elevens Try for First Victory Today | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

...democrat, was governor, the members of the Fin Com bitterly fought Curley's spending. But, for all their efforts, and despite cases of graft that were obvious even to the public, it was not until 1940 that they were able to make a court tell Curley to "pay or go to jail." In that year, the West Roxbury District Court ordered him to pay $42,000 to the City of Boston in payments of $500 weekly...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Colorful Mayor Dominates Boston Political Operations | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

They say that Curley uses a different side of his mouth for either side of Beacon Hill. In his hey-day, he had the cultured charm in his voice of the highest rank of Brahmin, yet, on the same night, he could go across the Hill to the North End and deliver a spirited, rabble-rousing speech that would practically incite whole national groups to riot. There wasn't anyone who Curley couldn't sell in Boston. He could as easily convince the millionaire Robert White to leave his money to the city for health improvements, as line up ward...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Colorful Mayor Dominates Boston Political Operations | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

...stay at jail did Curley anything but harm, politically. Not only did he vastly improve himself by reading every book in the jail library but he conducted a campaign from behind bars, too. In all his forthcoming politics, he used the slogan, "Curley would go to jail for a man." In another instance he set up a platform outside the jail facing Beacon Hill. Pointing first to the Hill and then to the jail, he addressed his North End crowd, "They (the Hill) put me in there (the jail...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Colorful Mayor Dominates Boston Political Operations | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

...nation's longest losing streaks go on the line at 2 p.m. this afternoon when Harvard and Holy Cross meet for the 24th time in the football arena at 79 North Harvard Street...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Crimson, Crusader Elevens Try for First Victory Today | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

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