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Word: mile (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...geologists, Dr. Frank Reeves and N. B. Sauve of the Vacuum Oil Co., spotted the crater from an airplane. What they saw was a circular depression more than half a mile across and 100 ft. deep, with a splashed-out looking rim. In general appearance it looked much like Arizona's meteor crater (570 ft. deep, four-fifths of a mile in diameter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Depression in Australia | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Following the pattern set in all meets this spring, Carl Olsen's half and mile runners swept their events, while sprinter Dick Weiskopf won both the 100 and 220 yard dashes. The '52s also took first and second in the quarter and the broad jump, and a first in the hammer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Track Team Nips Andover in Thriller | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Both yesterday and today's races were sailed under a 25-30 mile an hour wind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Place Second In Ivy Championships | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Usually accustomed to a low-stroking effort over a mile and three-quarters distance, the Crimson varsity demonstrated that it could also raise a high beat as it turned on its fastest sprint of the season to edge Penn and Princeton in the finals and gain possession of the Rowe...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Varsity Crew Gains Eastern Sprints Title | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...which Harvard faces Saturday, May 28 on Lake Cayuga, gave Princeton quite a battle for third place and lost by just a deck length. Yale, the defending sprint champion, was never in the contention after the first half mile...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Varsity Crew Gains Eastern Sprints Title | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

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