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Word: playe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When you play football you do not ask of your teammate if he beats his wife. The attitude of the United States is, above all, a practical attitude. The value of allies is directly proportional to their strength; obviously one would not disarm one's allies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arms and the Poet | 5/10/1949 | See Source »

...story moves rapidly, by short scenes; the scenes rapidly, by short speeches; the speeches are introduced, as in a play, by the name of the character, followed by a word or two indicating his manner. Explanatory passages are short. Such methods will annoy some readers, who will feel that they are not getting a book, but only the outline of one. In a sense, they will be right. The style of Jean Barois is only the skeleton of the method Martin du Gard fleshed out in The Thibaults, but it is made of good solid bones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Freethinker's Dilemma | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Crosby opened with a single, Rakowski dropped a Coulson pop-up, and Moffie's single loaded the bases again. Herb Neal then sent a double-play grounder to second which Mike De Mayo first bobbled and then threw over the first baseman's head, allowing two runs to score...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Foynes' Pinch-Hit Single Brings Nine 7-6 Win Over Lions | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

With this victory the ruggers closed their season boasting a record of five wins, one loss, and four ties. However, the Big Three title for this season will never be decided because Harvard and Yale are not scheduled to play. Both have beaten Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Top Princeton | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

John Carey made the most spectacular play of the day when he broke through to block a Princeton punt and then fall on the ball in the end zone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Top Princeton | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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