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Word: mize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Vicksburg, Miss, one day last summer, young Louis Mize, learning that his wife had gone automobile riding with a married man named Martin Decelle, decided to go after them. He got the sheriff and his chief deputy to go along, so there would ''be no trouble." They found the couple parked on a lonely road. Louis Mize argued for a while with his wife. Then he whipped out a pistol, shot Martin Decelle dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mississippi Witnesses | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

...National League's weakest team last week appeared to be the Cincinnati Reds. Their owner, Powel Crosley, spent the winter pouring $200,000 into minor-league treasuries for new players, of whom the most promising, First-Baseman John Mize, cost $50,000. But the team will start the season with an infield of four rookies, a weak pitching staff. Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Boston are likely to finish in the second division. Among the serious contenders, most experts think the Pittsburgh Pirates, with capable but unreliable pitchers, the Chicago Cubs, with dubious pitching and an experimental infield, are too weak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baseball: New Season | 4/15/1935 | See Source »

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