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Word: haig (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present the street floor houses Hunter Haig, a haberdasher, in addition to the cleaning establishment. The Advocate occupies the entire second floor, while the remaining space is used for offices of various professors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advocate Building Is Sold by Trustees to Benny Jacobson | 12/1/1949 | See Source »

...weeks, British radiomen had been trying to learn how to pronounce French ship names like Georges Leygues (rhymes with bag) while their French opposites set out to grasp the British pronunciation of Agincourt. For three days the Western Union fleet in Penzance harbor exchanged signals-and Pommery champagne for Haig & Haig for Bols gin. In Penzance, huge trilingual signs said: WELCOME-BIENVENU-WELKOM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN UNION: Exercise Verity | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

Police today located the Buick sedan that burglars used in Monday night's $8000 robbery of Hunter Haig Clothiers on Plympton Street. The automobile, property of the Maiden School Department, was found on Hilliard Street, just off Mt. Auburn, beyond the carbarns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thieves Escape Car Found in Cambridge | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

...Hunter Haig was robbed for the second time in as many months early last evening when two bandits broke in the front door, filled their automobile with clothing, and drove away unquestioned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clothier Suffers Second Robbery Within 2 Months | 5/10/1949 | See Source »

Dapper Walter Hagen used to stride out to the first tee, often late for his match, run a comb through his Brilliantined hair and drawl: "Well, who's going to be second?" "The Haig's" psychological warfare continued through the match. He made the hard shots look easy, the easy ones look stupendous. Early in a match he would concede putts to his opponent, later rattle him by insisting that even the short ones be played out. No matter how poorly Walter seemed to be shooting, nobody relaxed until he was in. But where Hagen deliberately played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Ice Water | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

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