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Word: paavo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...yard: Paavo Nurmi; time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...metre: Paavo Nurmi; time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...mile: Paavo Nurmi; time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...best distance? Had not his world's record (3 min. 5 sec.) stood unmenaced for eight years? On, on went Ray; he was two laps from the end, one lap. Then suddenly, soundlessly, a great wind passed him. Woefully he looked upon a pair of heels, the heels of Paavo Nurmi. Eight yards ahead, Nurmi broke the tape, took 1 1/5 seconds from Ray's record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Nurmi | 2/9/1925 | See Source »

...Finnish magazine, Tyolaisur heilijan Joulu, appeared an article by Paavo Nurmi which said: ". . . How lonesome I felt in my youth when I was ordered to walk to church each Sunday with my father, while other boys had their chance to play outdoors to their hearts' content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Paavo's Youth | 2/9/1925 | See Source »

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