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Word: pion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...sayin'," muttered Joe, "I didn't pay to get in." For their $246,546, the customers did not see anybody Charles' seriously manager, hit the who floor fainted in except the Ezzard ring as his lackluster leather-thrower was being proclaimed the new heavyweight cham pion of the world (National Boxing Asso ciation version, not good in New York or London). It was enough to make fans sigh even for the half-good old days of Primo Carneca and Max Baer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I Didn't Pay to Get In | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

...greatest of the German school of directors, due to his work in the field of stage design and experimentation in lighting and other extraordinary effects. He has directed plays all over Europe--in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin--and in his castle at Leopoldskron he put on several pion-eering productions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAX REINHARDT TO ATTEND HDC PLAY | 12/1/1942 | See Source »

...That Simon is a lot better fighter than most people think," drawled the Cham pion. His fellow townsmen cheered the most exciting fight of the year, agreed that Simon should be expelled from the Bum-of-the-Month Club. Hardly had the crowd filed out of the arena when Promoter Mike Jacobs announced a return match between Simon and Louis - in New York, May 16, with a $15 instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Not-So-Simple Simon | 3/31/1941 | See Source »

After graduating cum laude from Howard University, freckled Vunies Barrow, 23, sister of freckled Heavyweight Cham pion Joe Louis (Barrow), shuffled up to him with her guard down, got a stunning smack on the cheek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 17, 1940 | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

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