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Word: mouths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...five minutes later Malo's score on a loose rebound in the Crimson goal mouth forced the game into overtime. After seven battling minutes of the ten-minute extra-play period, Priestley sent the puck through Clark from a scrimmage 10 feet from the nets. The summaries: Brown--3 1 1 1--6 Harvard...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Quintet Stops Northeastern, 62-43; Hockey Team Loses to Brown, 6-5 | 12/9/1948 | See Source »

...thought he was having a pretty good day. Said Picou evenly: "Yes, but I'm not finished yet. I'll win the eighth race too." On the strength of this televised tip (probably the first in racing history) straight from the jockey's mouth, bookies were swamped with bets on Waterclock, the horse Picou was riding. Waterclock won by six lengths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bug Boy | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...glee when he thinks of what the ASPCA said about the "balance of nature." The natural habitat of the bird owl is the Harvard Yard, and to take him away for a winter in the suburbs would upset a delicate scale. Then he puts his foot in his mouth and chokes with mirth when he things of those pigeons and squirrels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scotiaptex Nebulosa | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...teams "the Legion of Apostles" last week preached vaccination against deadly aftosa (foot & mouth disease). Across central Mexico, the missionaries of science marched ahead to prepare the way for the nine vaccinating brigades of the joint U.S.-Mexican anti-aftosa commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Apostles at Work | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...score. But after that the Bears began to play like cubs. They got fumbleitis: the ball squirted out of their hands five times. California was lucky to win, 7-6. Reminded of his one-point quip, Coach Waldorf mumbled: "This ought to teach me to keep my big mouth shut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Too Close for Comfort | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

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