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Word: parker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Almost everyone who plays Fradd Ball is enthusiastic about the game. "It's the only game where an amateur can feel like superman," said one freshman. The instructors like it, too, and mention of the game brings a smile to their lips. "Fradd Ball," says Bruce Monro and Nate Parker, "is a fine sport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Find Fradd Ball Foils Frustration | 3/28/1950 | See Source »

...days later, Charleston County detectives picked up two sullen, slack-jawed young ex-convicts named LeRoy Parker and James Lawing in a highway diner near Charleston. It took an all-white jury only 4½ hours to find both guilty of murder. Because the jury recommended mercy, the convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH: Broken Monopoly | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

Last week the News did more. It sent veterarn Police Reporter Harry McCormick to Denver to blow the whistle on crime there. Once, kidnaped by a member of the notorious Barrow-Parker gang (1935), McCormick got an exclusive interview and persuaded the kidnaper to vouch for its authenticity by pressing his fingerprints on the windshield of McCormick's car before he was let go. McCormick had hoped to keep his visit to Denver under cover. But the Post ran him down within 24 hours, politely offered him a car, a photographer and a look at the files. This week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Turnabout | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

...Puritans, led by Hob Parker, who scored 16 points, were ahead almost all the way, enjoying a 21 to 19 half-time advantage. But with only 12 seconds left to play, the Puritans, leading by one point, lost the ball out of bounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Edges Winthrop, 41-40; First Round Wrestling Ends | 3/15/1950 | See Source »

Winthrop, with erratic play and spotty foul shooting, currently brings up the rear. Jim Gervey and Bob Parker are steady competitors, but John Walsh, Willie Letson, and Dick Hyde seldom sparkle...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/15/1950 | See Source »

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