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Word: hammer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sick calls was no cinch. Horse & buggy covered 20 miles in half a day, while "Pop" shot rabbits and fence posts, read, slept, fought blizzards and dogs that were as bad as the roads. As standard instruments he carried a six-shooter for the dogs, wire cutter, shovel and hammer to cut through fences when he got lost in blizzards. No farmer ever complained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kitchen Surgeon | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

...rounds of whirlwind boxing last week, he was breathing no harder than the average person who climbs a flight of subway stairs. His amazing stamina doctors attribute to slow heart action. His powerful arms and shoulders Henry Armstrong attributes to his first job: swinging a sledge hammer in a railroad section gang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Armstrong v. Ross | 6/13/1938 | See Source »

John Herrick '38 won a first in the discuss, as was expected. His throw was 151 ft. 3 1/2 inches. In the hammer Steve Brennan nailed fifth place with 155 ft., 9 7-8 inches. Irving Folwartshny of Rhode Island was supreme with over 178 feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON FOUR TALLIES 12 POINTS IN I.C.A.A.A.A. | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

Immediately following the election, five members of the team left for New York where they are entered in the IC4A outdoor championships. The Crimson competitors are Alex Northrop in the mile, Bert Litman in the javelin hammer thrower Steve Brennan, John Erhard in the two-mile, and John Herrick in the discuss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK TEAM NAMES '39 CAPTAIN, BOB HAYDOCK | 6/3/1938 | See Source »

...Princeton's track team, undefeated in dual meets this year; the fourth annual Heptagonal meet (with Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Penn), climax of the Ivy League season; scoring in 13 of the 15 events and winning four (half-mile, 440-yd. relay, broad jump, hammer throw) ; for a total of 59¼ points; before a crowd of 10,000; at Princeton, N. J. Cornell was second, Columbia third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, May 30, 1938 | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

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