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Word: morely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Indeed, there is a lot about this business that seems fishy. The physical contact is not what it might be and points are traded back and forth too evenly. More than one jam reminded me of the jockey's query, "Where's number two? Let him through; let him through...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

3) Public Relations. The University, and especially the Dean's Office, is considerably more sensitive to what the general public thinks about Harvard than it used to be. The Dean's Office doesn't want undergraduate groups bearing the Harvard name to do things that will, in its opinion, cause...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rules | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

For approximately 13 years after that, hardly anything was heard about Seltzer's contribution to organized Armageddon. Then, aided by an increase in the number of television-owners, the Roller Derby all of a sudden sprang full-blown, much like Canasta. The true aficionado knows at least a few of...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

By definition, then, the sport is bound to get rather fierce at times. Elbows are thrown with reasonably gay abandon and spills are frequent. But there wasn't a genuine body check all evening the night I went (this is surprising in a game like this) and the girls were...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

But all in all, the Roller Derby is good entertainment. It can be fairly exciting and if you pick a night when the competitors happen to be in a particularly surly mood, I suppose it could be downright dangerous. The Roller Derby appears to have more staying power than another...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

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