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Word: quirks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Roaring like a fire demon, the car devoured 250 miles almost without slackening. From Rome it fled across Umbria and Tuscany into the hills of Forli. A quirk of the thumb and Mussolini cut the ignition. An easy swing of the wheel and he coasted silently up the drive of a country villa at Carpena. Dazed, the Premier's chauffeur looked about him, rubbed caked dust from smarting eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Donna Rachele | 6/21/1926 | See Source »

...Burbank '28, Edmund Burke '26, H. W. Burns '28, E. F. Clark '28, S. M. Clark '26, L. O. Combs '26, E. C. Haggerty '27, S. B. Jones '26, C. G. T. Lundell '27, R. G. Luctmann '28, J. M. Potter '26, C. A. Pratt '28, D. J. Quirk '28, E. P. Renouf '28, K. P. Smith '27, W. L. Tibbets '26, and J. N. Watters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTER TRACK OPENS WITH 250 CANDIDATES | 1/5/1926 | See Source »

...quirk of fate, Premier Baldwin was even then "giving offense" to Mussolini in the following words: "I have been told that this country wants a Mussolini. I have great respect for the chief minister of a great country like Italy, but I know the temperament of my own people. The English people will not tolerate a dictator." (See COMMONWEALTH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Insulted by Britain | 10/19/1925 | See Source »

...Broome '26, F. P. Kane '26, L. E. Bunker '25, J. N. Watters '26, W. I. Tibbetts '26, B. R. Cutcheon '25, Jefferson Fletcher '25, H. L. Hyatt '24, R. D. Gerould '24, D. J. Quirk '26, L. C. Combs '26, C. A. C. Eastman '24, H. T. Dunker '25, C. C. Carpenter '24, R. H. Hallowell '25, P. E. Berglund '26, F. K. Kernan '24, A. C. Bickford '24, manager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ATHLETIC COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES 1924 WINTER, SPRING, FALL INSIGNIA WINNERS | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

...shortly after Allen had fallen on the track. Neiman took second in the broad jump at the M. I. T. meet and has improved his jumping in practice since. His loss will leave the burden of the broad jumping for the Crimson on the Shoulders of Hyatt and Quirk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO INJURIES FOR TRACK TEAM IN ONE AFTERNOON | 5/22/1924 | See Source »

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