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Word: happeners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...adamant. "I have no objection to professional boxers as a class," he said later, "but I had only to take one look at Mills and his friends to realize they are not the type we desire ... It would not be allowed at Lord's. Why should it happen here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: A Matter of Courtesy | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...gone: Strange things have happened. And they'll happen again--perhaps today

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Thrilling Upsets Spark Harvard-Yale Clashes | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...full squad of freshman football players with a running and passing attack at its season's peak has its payoff game against Yale this afternoon at Soldiers Field. And as in the case of most Crimson-Eli clashes, only one pre-game appraisal is possible: anything can happen...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Jayvees Meet Favored Yale Squad; '52 Eleven at Full Strength for Eli | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...with two younger Conways-Terry and Neil-kibitzing. He ticked off Tommy's weaknesses: slow getaways, too much use of elbows, getting sucked out of position. "You got to get smarter," Jerry pounded home. Tim Sr., an Irishman who believes that athletics is the best thing that can happen to a boy, admitted that Tommy was lackadaisical. Under that kind of tutoring, Tommy soon perked up and played better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Conway's Boys | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

Small Bite? In short, many businessmen flatly disagreed with Wall Street's interpretation of what was going to happen. Some of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: The Fears of Wall Street | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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