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Word: kirks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week came another blow. Drs. Kirk Bryan and Louis Lamy Ray, Harvard geologists, having made an exhaustive geological study of the Lindenmeier site, published a formidable summary in which they concluded that its age was quite possibly 25,000 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Horatius at the Bridge | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...Lost Kirkland 7 0 Leverett 6 1 Adams 4 3 Winthrop 4 8 Dunster 3 4 Eliot 3 4 Lowell 1 6 Dudley 0 7 Leading Scorers Lubchansky (Dun.) 58 Stewart (Lev.) 43 Burt (El.) 39 McGuiness (Dun.) 32 Jackson (Ad.) 30 Cordingley (Lev.) 28 Foster (Kir.) 27 Ezell (Kirk.) 26 Lyford (Low.) 26 Marans (El.) 26 McSweeney (Kir.) 25 Roberts (Kirk.) 24 Eisenstein (Low.) 22 Kothe (Ad.) 20 Tonkonow (Low.) 20 Hockey Standing Won Lost Leverett 3 0 Winthrop 3 0 Dudley 3 1 Adams 2 1 Dunster 2 2 Lowell 1 3 Eliot 1 3 Kirkland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Sports Standings | 2/10/1940 | See Source »

...playing three styles of tempos these days: his old fast killer style, softened down greatly--a fast Ellington bounce tempo-and a very slow Kansas City colored sock style that sounds a great deal like Andy Kirk only much more cleanly performed and with better phrasing. Best example of this style (which he is using on most of his pop tunes) is the theme song with which he opens his broadcasts. Listen especially to tenor saxman Sam Donahue, who is one of the best white men playing. Gene's playing has quieted down into good solid drumming for the band...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: SWING | 1/26/1940 | See Source »

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