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Word: pete (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worm was about to turn for Commodore Pete Putnam's hardy little band, who went on to clean up the consolation regatta of the New England Championships, beating out nine other opponents, after barely failing to qualify for the Nationals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 5/27/1948 | See Source »

...Alabama's Democratic primary voters unseated two Congressmen-Pete Jarman and Carter Manasco-and landed a one-two punch to Harry Truman's chin. The front-runners in the race for Alabama's eleven presidential electors were all pledged to vote against Harry Truman or any civil-rights nominee. Of the leaders in the scramble for Alabama's 26 Democratic convention seats, virtually all were opposed to Truman's renomination, 13 were pledged to bolt the convention if a civil-rights plank were adopted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Local Skirmishes | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Besides Scholle, the championship beat held Ronnie Dick at 7; Tom Willsin 6; John Ross 5; Roger English 4; Pete Stauford 3; Henry Gardiner 2; Khaigu Smith bow; and Josh Twilbey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Crew Takes House Crown by Five-Foot Margin | 5/12/1948 | See Source »

Dinghies from Brown, Yale, and M.I.T. showed their wake to the College sailing team over the weekend in the Eastern Dinghy Championships, but the team, consisting of Pete Putnam and George Whitney, managed to do the same to six other colleges, including Coast Guard and Navy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dinghy Brigade Sails To Fourth in Regatta | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...Commoder Pete Putnam's skippers scraped some of the barnacles off their dinghies yesterday and turned in the best showing of the year against M.I.T. But since Tech never quite let the Crimson catch up, the Engineers finally won by a 57 to 51 score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skippers Lose to Tech, 51-57 | 4/30/1948 | See Source »

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