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Word: parred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa. professional, the annual Masters' Golf Tournament on Bobby Jones's tough home course in Augusta, Ga., with 285 strokes, three under par. Bobby Jones took 297 strokes and 15th place, was so encouraged by his comeback (last year he was 30th) that he said he might come out of retirement to enter the National Open in Denver in June if he was not required to play through qualifying trials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Apr. 11, 1938 | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

...reading, arithmetic, language usage and spelling, Roslyn's 900 elementary schoolchildren are slightly below normal, but the reason is not a failure in instruction but the fact that their average intelligence is below par (median I. Q.: 96).* The committee concluded the children were performing up to their ability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Joy & Happiness Schools | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...romancy Rebecca sold soap orders, wrote soaring rhymes, brought a whiff of fresh air into a stuffy New England scene. To the cinema version, warped to suit her rapidly narrowing talents, Shirley brings her dimples, a few precocious songs, two tap dances, and cements three adult romances-two over par, even for Shirley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 21, 1938 | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

Bothered all season a year ago by a trick knee and a spiked heel, Art Johns should show great improvement over his below-par performance at second base last year. Already John's hitting in the cage has jumped, while he is regarded by many sports writers as the best double-play maker in Eastern college baseball. Varsity utility infielder last season and regular Freshman short-stop of the undefeated team two years ago, Dick Grondahl is being groomed to take over the place vacated by the graduation of Captain Tom Bilodeau at short...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

Captain Joe Doyle, Cal Williams, and Skip Batchelder are slated as the Sabre men who will face Yale. Because of improvement this season, Williams ranks almost on a par with the captain, Doyle, in this weapon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Hopefully Face Favored Eli Swordsmen in Last Meet Here Today | 3/19/1938 | See Source »

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