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Word: playe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first to discover the truth of this conjecture was a Yorkshire linen draper. Shrewd, crude George Hudson, who married the boss's daughter, came into a ?30,000 legacy and swelled it, temporarily, into a railway fortune. In Hudson's heyday, he was able to play with $120 million of Britons' money.† "There he was," said a bitter rival, "crowing like a cock upon his own dunghill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Carriages Upon the Road | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...finally been smitten by basketballitis, a highly contagious disease which has been running up & down the Midwest for ten years. One night last week, a record 11,216 people pushed & shoved into Kiel Auditorium; 3,000 more were turned away. The crowds wanted to see unbeaten St. Louis U. playing Holy Cross, a storybook basketball squad that practiced in an old barn, traveled 40 miles to Boston to play its "home" games, and became 1947's team of the year. Holy Cross had been beaten only once in 29 games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hot Shots | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

First performed in the Canterbury Cathedral in 1936, the play was presented by the Dramatic Club the following year in the court of the Fogg Museum. It depicts the murder of Thomas a Becket in the twelfth country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HTW Selects Eliot Play for April Offering | 1/9/1948 | See Source »

Sanders Theater originally was to be the scene of the sprig play, but Kilty pointed out that rental cost is prohibitive, and the fire laws demand a considerable limitation on scenery. Moreover, the University had given use of the auditorium to an outside organization during the week promised...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HTW Selects Eliot Play for April Offering | 1/9/1948 | See Source »

...first-string players wee reported to have informed Bingham that they would not play football for Harvard in 1948 under Dick Harlow

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Poor Health Forces Crimson Mastermind to Quit After 13 Years as Head Coach | 1/9/1948 | See Source »

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