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Word: koko (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Beecher's Brook was the next obstacle, a wide stream with a hidden takeoff. Coyote fell here. Freddy Guest's Koko fell into the ditch head first and Amber-wave, one of the favorites, fell after him. The rest were all closely bunched with Billy Barton, Darracq and Bright's Boy out in front. The eighth jump is the Canal Turn, a thorn fence five feet nine inches high with a six-foot ditch on the take-off side and an 18-inch guard rail in front of the ditch. Eighteen horses fell as if a machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grand National | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

...conference met; and, as a result, President Tsao Kun ordered the cessation of hostilities, dismissed Super-Tuchun Wu from his post of Commander-in-Chief of the Peking forces, ap pointed him Chief Commissioner of the Koko-nor district in Tibet. This appointment was virtually banishment. Rumors then emanated from the Capital stating that the Cabinet had been ar rested. These rumors were, however, unconfirmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The War | 11/3/1924 | See Source »

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