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Word: reared (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...alternating as his first string operatives measure at least six feet three inches. Center Bill Prior of last year's Jayvee team tops the quartet at six-six, Captain George Hauptfuhrer is next at six-five, while former Freshman John Rockwell and veteran Steve Davis bring up the rear at six-three each...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/13/1947 | See Source »

Bringing up the rear, at least in the total amount of money collected, is the drive through the mails to reach commuting students. From them, a three-man committee under the leadership of Robert J. Maier '48 has gathered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Service Fund Drive Reorganized as $18,900 in Cash, Pledges Fails Goal | 11/13/1947 | See Source »

Splitting up into racially-mixed pairs or groups of four, the travelers would board busses and sent themselves well towards the front of the ear. The driver's attempt to put the Negroes in the Jim Crow rear seats was always met with a polite, "I'd rather sit here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tester of Supreme Court Ruling on Jim Crow Will Speak Here Tonight | 11/12/1947 | See Source »

...publicize Navy Day, Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, commandant of the Third Naval District, turned over his command for the day to James F. Rappaport, 14, of The Bronx. Settling back in the admiral's chair, young Rappaport announced: "When I grow up I want to be a lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Nov. 10, 1947 | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...when the "golden era" in sport was beginning, it was Man o' War who led the parade. Like Ty Cobb and Jack Dempsey, with whom he competed for headlines, Big Red had color. His post manners, in the days before starting gates, were atrocious. He liked to rear up on his hind legs and terrify the jockey with his lunging and plunging. But when Red settled down to his tremendous stride (once measured at 24 ft.), he broke track records, and the hearts of ordinary horses foolish enough to race against him. A bargain horse (he cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Red | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

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