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Word: lone (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lone California Elephant Seal stands at the right of the entrance to the Zoological Museum. His epitaph reads: "the species has been reduced through persecutions, as it yields rich oil . . ." A Siberian Sea Otter looks out from the next glass case. "This species is now on the verge of extinction at the hands of the fur hunters...

Author: By Thomas C. Wheeler, | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 10/27/1950 | See Source »

...game there is a three-way tie for first place between Leverett, Adams, and Dudley. Each team has been undefeated in two starts. Kirkland is second in the league with a one and one recorded; Eliot and Lowell are tied for last place win two losses. Winthrop won its lone encounter against Lowell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 3 Teams Are Tied In Touch Football | 10/26/1950 | See Source »

Fortunately for Blaik, if not for Army's opponents, he had a solid base around which he could build the scoring unit's forward wall. The lone returning offensive lineman was Captain Dan Foldberg, a 185-pound end whom Blaik rates the best he has ever coached...

Author: By Richard B. Kline, | Title: Blaik Has His Problems, But Cadets Still Look Like National Champions | 10/21/1950 | See Source »

Instead, Jordan concentrated on new offensive patterns to use against Cornell Saturday. Blocking quarterback Gil O'Neil, who led the Crimson's lone scoring march last Saturday, ran largely single wing plays in a full scrimmage against the first defensive unit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rain Fails to Stop Varsity Practice | 10/11/1950 | See Source »

...when not fluttering like a bird is secretly drinking like a fish. After a while the play shifts to farcical romance between an engaged Natchez belle and an enraged Yankee writer whose book Natchez has banned. But the satire keeps on recurring with the monotonous regularity of a lone rider on a merry-go-round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Oct. 9, 1950 | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

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