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Word: punch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Yesterday in their second practice session after the Brown game Saturday and final before today's encounter, the Crimson still looked ragged. Out-rushed during much of the game by the Bruins the Varsity lacks a scoring punch on the forward line and a fast and consistent halfback defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY BOOTERS AND JUMBOS TANGLE TODAY | 10/14/1936 | See Source »

These men are fast, have good ball control, team well, and, most important asset, possess quick accurate shots in front of the cage. With Captain Wood on one wing and Don Sleeper on the other they may provide a winning scoring punch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY, 1940 SOCCER TEAMS START SEASONS | 10/3/1936 | See Source »

...great equipment for his job, I like Old Ironpants' column for the wild, somewhat hilarious joy with which he sails into an argument. Sometimes it is a little cruel, because he is such a tremendous puncher, and like Dempsey, once that bell rings, he knows nothing but punch, punch, punch until something drops. He loves to tackle those stiff, straight-up-and-down stylish debaters who use the fancy words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Columnist to Columnist | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

...English humor lie come these burlesque and some. times not unamusing remarks on business and the law. Mark Spade's little book discusses efficiently, production, distribution and allied topics under the head of running a bassoon factory in separate chapters, each (in the best and most ancient Punch tradition) with a mangled quotation from Shakspere as its introduction. A. P. Herbert has made a collection of strange and unusual law-cases involving outworn precedents and statutes, which are often ridiculously funny and usually point a good moral. Herbert's first case is the funniest, and from it you may gain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

...time during the early weeks last fall. Even bearing in mind the fact that the C team line is undoubtedly far weaker than even the early Crimson opponents, some of the offensive drives staged by the A and B elevens seem to indicate that they pack a potential punch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strenuous Scrimmages Feature Week of Bi-Daily Practice Sessions for Varsity | 9/25/1936 | See Source »

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