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Word: pluckiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...favor of Brown's Wilcox. But last year's Freshman captain proved himself a fine competitor as he outswam Wilcox to take first place. In the 200 breastroke, Jack Waldron, rated No. 2 Harvard swimmer in that event, dug his way past Max Kraus to finish third, but the pluckiest race of the evening was swum by Frannie Powers against George Gibbons of Brown...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Varsity Hoopmen Snowed Under 55-31 by Superior Indians; Brown Edges Tankmen 38-37; Wrestlers Smudge Tufts 34-0 | 1/20/1939 | See Source »

...cream velvet jeweled with coloratura splendor there is an unsteady little lyric soprano quavering like a sad ghost pleading for reincarnation." Wrote Daily News Critic Eugene Stinson: "She had command neither of voice nor of breath: Panic seized her and for three hours the public watched one of the pluckiest fights the theatre has ever seen. Mme Galli-Curci's vocal estate improved but in the end it had not yet attained a suitable degree of competency." Few days later Critic Stinson heard some records she had made shortly after her failure, crowed: "Galli-Curci CAN sing. . . . There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Brave Return | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...flowers at a group of German climbers leaving to attempt the Mountain of Horror. The party was led by Willi Merkl, who had failed to reach the top two years before when his porters, mountain-sick and frightened, balked. This year pains were taken to find the hardiest and pluckiest hillmen obtainable. Last week came news of disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: All-Highest | 7/30/1934 | See Source »

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