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Word: puritan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Down but not out, Lowell saw its chances for victory fade further into the distance in the third quarter, as the puritan powerhouse racked up another six points on a Dreher-to-Davenport pass from the six-yard stripe. The final score same in the closing, minutes when Jack Carpenter smashed off tackle for six yards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTHROP SWAMPS LOWELL 25-0; ELIOT, DUNSTER IN TIE | 10/25/1940 | See Source »

...pronounce chisco). A certain Reverend Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society lodged complaint against Felix for the sale of the American Mercury; which contained an article deemed injurious to American morals. While Felix was sentenced to a $100 fine, the American Mercury continued to sell briskly in Puritan Boston without interference from the authorities. The nation's press took up the cause of the Little Man and by its moral support more than recompensated Felix for his financial loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 10/22/1940 | See Source »

...second score was not up by Fritz Lehman, Puritan right guard, who fell on an Eliot fumble. Davenport again carried the spheroid into pay dirt. In spite of the efforts of George "Running" Waters, the Elephants couldn't reach enemy territory throughout the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans Beat Eliot; Commuters Also Win | 10/18/1940 | See Source »

...deep-bitten protestant is a rebel in any language. America has seen many such: among the still memorable ones, Rev. John Wheelwright who, with his sister-in-law Anne Hutchinson, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for feeling good;* and Rev. Henry Ward Called Antinomianism by Puritan divines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poetry | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

Carpenter and Johnny Lowell, outstanding Puritan linesman, sparked their team to eight first downs to none for Leverett, but, led by Irving Fried, stellar guard, the Bunny line repeatedly tamed the Puritan backs when they threatened to score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PURITANS TOP LEVERETT, 6-0 | 10/11/1940 | See Source »

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