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Word: held (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University soccer team was held to a 1 to 1 tie by a powerful Syracuse eleven on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SOCCER TEAM HALTED IN 1 TO 1 TIE | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...Blue one-foot line at the opening of the second period. A stubborn Eli defense resisted and took the ball on cowns. A second time a vicious assault in which Gilligan figured prominently carried the ball to the three-yard line, where the Yale forward wall again held firm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN DEFEAT STRONG ELI TEAM | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

Will TIME'S expression: "dry as a cactus" hold water? Desert travelers sometimes split a barrel cactus in half, squeeze the pulp through a cloth, get a cup of sweetish water. The giant cactus, a mass of pulp held together by fibrous ribs, absorbs water on rainy days and swells out like a toad. Woodpeckers drill holes in the trunk, occupy them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 19, 1928 | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...ever lived who held so high a place in the affection of the people of this city," Mayor Thacher said, for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Exit | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...McHenry County, Ill., a dog-catcher was the only one of 115 Republican public servants to escape indictment by the Grand Jury for mixing crime with politics. The indictments were held back until after election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Politicules | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

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