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Word: hills (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When they reached the first of the three roller-coaster Newton hills, Tarzan decided to climb the hill as fast as he could. Opening his mouth wide for a minute he let the raindrops trickle in. Then, refreshed, he streaked up the hill like a supercharged racing car. From then on, it was a lonely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Brave Victory | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

Lengthening the gap on each hill, the wooden-faced Indian, pattering along in the rain, was soon out of sight of his closest rival. When he reached the finish line, a roar of applause greeted him. His time: 2 hr., 28 min., 51 4/5 sec.-more than 27 seconds faster than the alltime record set by Japan's Kitei Son in the 1936 Olympics. Crowned with the traditional laurel wreath and hailed as a super-runner, Marathoner Brown, a stone mason by trade, smiled feebly. Said he: "I would like to have a steady job instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Brave Victory | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Rose Hill, Va., Mr. & Mrs. Steve Pace have lived to see their 16th child married. Last week the Paces, nearing their 74th birthdays, announced the imminent birth of child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Joke | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...mingles, Hurt best Avery of Dartmouth, Gilkey Harty of Dartmouth, Fester of Dartmouth beat John Palfrey, snow of Dartmouth best Chet Legg, Wheaton of Dartmouth beat Jack Sterwart, and Hill Muther of Harvard beat Hill of Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Racquetmen Beat Harvard 5-4 in Close Match | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...aggressive against St. Andrew's, the ruggers lacked the punch of the Princeton game. Hill Waters and Have Colwell chalked up the Crimson six points with a try apiece, to Wheeler tailed a try for St. Andrew's. HARVARD PRINCETON Colwell, fb fb, Danial Cook, rw rw, Newbold Grace, cw cw, Ferguson Waters cw cw, Hindley Kenigsberg, lw lw, Boyd Goff, hb hb, Richardson Osgood, hb hb, Jesser Strong, f f, Bertram Dibble, f f,Cathless Counihan, f f,Pyne Martin, f f, Holsapple Ditz,f f,Forsch Harkness, f f, Bickle Hardenbergh,f f, Chamberlain Riggs, f f, Cook...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Trample Over Tigers 11 to 0; Take Tight 6 to 3 Win at St. Andrew's | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

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