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Word: kiting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...older brother, in a fit of older-brotherishness, wrecks his little brother's kite. Remorse pursues him; when they are both grown men he finally nerves himself to ask forgiveness. The younger brother has forgotten all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pai-hua | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

...Bulldogs put on a determined drive in the final period, but Francis and Winslow, with Eaton assisting, were able to match their two goals. Seabury scored on a pass from Kite, and Rodd scored the best goal of the afternoon on an unassisted dash. Yale dominated the last ten minutes of play, but continual clearing out and Freedley's goal tending were able to prevent further scoring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Harvard Hockey Teams Score Five Goals Apiece in Routing Yale Sextets on Garden Ice | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

HARVARD '40 YALE '40 Ervin, l.w. r.w., Kite Winslow, c. c., Rodd Eaton, r.w. l.w., Burr Francis, l.d. r.d., Howe Roosevelt, r.d. l.d., Seabury Freedley, g. g., Atkins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman and Jayvee Pucksters Meet Bulldogs in Afternoon Doubleheader | 3/6/1937 | See Source »

...game between the Eli and Indian Yearlings saw the high-water mark in penalties. A nice round twenty were handed out, evenly divided between the sextets. A fellow named Conant was outstandingly tough for the Green, while Eli right defenseman Kite was no angel. The referee saw fit to banish this lad five times, one of them on a major charge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEEKEND RESULTS SHOW HOW TOUGH COLLEGE HOCKEY IS | 1/18/1937 | See Source »

...recent Indianapolis speech cannot but be impressed by his sincerity. Governor Landon is an earnest man; in nothing is he more in earnest than peace. He proposes no sure-fire panaceas for complicated problems; that is not his forte. But he sees little use in being a kite tied to the League whirligig; he cannot envision "a war to stop war". Concretely, he proposes the greatest possible use of arbitration, lower tariffs, and taking of profits out of war. Further, he believes in neutrality and a pacific policy at all times, not hardened by all-embracive legislation into a glove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUTWARD BOUND | 10/27/1936 | See Source »

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