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Word: performances (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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None of the runners will be called on to perform in more than one event save for the hurdlers and sprint men. Don Donahue and Roger Schafer will run in the 100 and 220-yard hurdles, while Charley Smith, George Dana, and Don McSweeney will take care of the sprints...

Author: By Don S. Friedkin, | Title: Trackmen Open Outdoor Season Today Against Holy Cross and Northeastern | 4/27/1940 | See Source »

...minefields were to perform the triple function of locking out from home what was left of the German Navy, locking in further supply ships, and lightening the blockaders' sea-patrol task. By sowing so wide an area, even if sketchily, they would make arduous work for Nazi minesweepers, already working overtime to clear the Skagerrak and Kattegat. Nevertheless, nine more Nazi troopships made landings inside Fredrikstad before the week's end. A lot of noise at sea Thursday and Friday which observers took for heavy fighting was doubtless German countermining, i.e., firing depth charges to explode mines which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Royal Navy's Test | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...Nazi party and Hitler puppet. Said Brother Arne, who has been 15 years in the U. S.: "For me, I like it here. . . ." In Manhattan, Trapeze Artist Atrtrys Iwanows (of the "Daring Iwanows"), whose job demands a quick eye and nice judgment of distance, was unable to perform in his troupe's act with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 22, 1940 | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...Calloway, noted orchestra leader, heads the list of prominent entertainers to perform at the annual. Freshman Smoker in Saunders Theatre, Tuesday night, April 30. Previously announced as Thursday, April 26, the date has been changed because of complications in plans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAB CALLOWAY TO APPEAR AT SMOKER | 4/20/1940 | See Source »

...Rola Rola, a handsome Brazilian couple who perform on a thin board on a roller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Greatest Show | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

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