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Word: lightweights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lightweight varsity also outdistanced M. I. T's crew by six lengths at the finish, while the second 150's left Tech three lengths astern in an extracup race. All of the races were rowed over the Henley course on the Charles River Basin...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Varsity Oarsmen Outclass Rutgers, Tech, B.U.; Batsmen Take Third Straight Victory at Penn | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...pack of lightweight cards will while away any tedious hours of the journey. . . . Handkerchiefs . . . will obviously be required although every effort will be made to avoid colds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Payload to the Moon | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...These "Heavyweight Overcoats" are made from 35-ounce-per-yard cloth. Stroock & Co. has made a lightweight (20-oz.) vicuña cloth since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Stroock's Fleece | 1/2/1939 | See Source »

...beat a good, little man. Henry Armstrong, Negro fisticuffer, is a little man. No fight fan will deny that he is a good man: he won the world's featherweight (126 lb. max.) championship, then fattened up and won the welterweight (147 lb.) championship, then turned to the lightweight division and won that championship (135 lb.) too-all within ten months. Ceferino Garcia, Filipino welterweight, is also a good man in the ring: he has a paralyzing ''bolo" punch (a right uppercut), knocked out nine opponents this year. An overgrown welterweight, he is practically a middleweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Man | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

Vince Bailey's shell followed Wilson's as Dean's and Hazard's trailed his lightweight crew. The three who brought up the rear were, in sequence, those stroked by Hinchcliffe, Rogers, and Bodell. It was Comstock's boat which crossed the line first last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rowers Hold Regatta---Runners Beat Yale, Princeton | 11/5/1938 | See Source »

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