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Word: jumbos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jumbo outfit led by their captain and ace pitcher, Al Hatch, opened with a 12 to 2 victory over Lowell Textile on Wednesday. Coach Ken Nash, beginning his twentieth year as Tufts mentor, will field a veteran lineup with Hatch undoubtedly on the mound in an attempt to stretch his personal string of victories over the Stahlmen to three...

Author: By David B. Stearns, | Title: SLUGGERS TO OPEN SCHEDULE AGAINST FAVORED JUMBOS | 4/13/1940 | See Source »

...Elspeth Huxley, photographer, big-game hunter, agriculturist and mystery writer (latest: The African Poison Murders), cousin-by-marriage of Aldous and Julian, told a Manhattan reporter how she had her personal devils exorcised by black tribal quacks in Kenya Colony, British East Africa: "There was a lot of mumbo-jumbo with a goat, for which I paid three shillings. The witch doctor chalked up my face and between my toes. I did as I was told until I was supposed to lick the intestines of a goat. I hired a substitute for a shilling, being assured that this wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 29, 1940 | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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