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Word: notch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last year, he rode (and lost) his first race at Ak-Sar-Ben track near Omaha. He struck his stride last winter at Santa Anita, where Oldtimer Eddie Arcaro decided during a race one day that the kid needed taking down a notch. Said Arcaro later: "I rode up even with him and looked him in the eye. He looked right back at me, cold as you please-and first thing I knew I'd been beaten." Glisson won the $100,000-added Santa Anita Derby on Old Rockport, became the long-shot darling of the California bettors, then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kid with the Cold Eye | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...Club, from which Harvard's regular ski team is selected, has a cabin near Pinkham Notch, with all facilities and a 25 man capacity. The Club itself is limited to 75 members a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiers Organize '49 Club Tonight | 10/19/1949 | See Source »

Hitting also slipped back a notch for Stuffy McInnis's crew. The Crimson managed to bunch hits only once in the game to score its lone run. Wally Coulson led off the second inning with a single, moved to second on a fielder's choice, and raced home on Tom Cavanaugh's hit to center. HARVARD (1) ab r h po a o Dunh, ss 4 0 1 1 2 1 Caulfield, lf 3 0 0 2 0 1 Foynes, lf 1 0 0 1 0 0 Crosby, c 3 0 0 3 2 1 Coulson...

Author: By Albert J. Feldman, | Title: Misplays Hurt Nine as Cross Triumphs, 6-1 | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

When the body was located a grappling iron was lowered and hooked onto the ski clothing. Then ropes were tied around the legs and the body hauled out of the tunnel. A fresh crew was called in to carry the body down on a stretcher to Pinkham Notch, two miles distant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schiller's Body Recovered from Deep Crevasse | 5/3/1949 | See Source »

Should the Crimson have to operate without Ager in the singles it would mean each man would have to play up a notch, and against North Carolina such a situation would offer no pleasure...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Tennis Team Plays Strong Tarheels | 5/3/1949 | See Source »

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