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Word: repeating (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Right-hander Phelan, who has two wins for the season against two losses, will be attempting to repeat Johnny Knowles' feat in the first contest when he held Brown to two hits in the five and a half innings that were played before rain interfered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Squad to Meet Brown Bear In Return Battle | 5/25/1946 | See Source »

...propaganda and flatter theater. Working from the problem in, instead of from the people out, it consistently substitutes cardboard for flesh & blood, cliches for sharp, individual reactions. Dramatically, moreover, it soon hobbles, eventually halts. Fairly interesting while matters are coming to a head, from then on it can only .repeat its wrangles, restate its issues, and delay its ending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Play in Manhattan, May 20, 1946 | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

...George J. Bell '48, of the HOC, said last night, "There may be a game yet." He added patronizingly that the men will bat left-handed and run backwards, if they play at all. Radcliffe, anxious to repeat on the diamond their supremacy-of-the-sex demonstration in last year's crew race, said the teams were to meet in the 'Cliffe quad and carry on from there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dauntless Outing Club Can't Raise Nine to Play 'Cliffe | 5/16/1946 | See Source »

...employe is permitted to gamble, make a customer repeat his name over the telephone, make an overdraft against his deposit account, borrow money from a client, or buy securities beyond his ability to pay. All of them know that Giannini refers to them as his "boys & girls." And while salaries are not startling, all know they can retire-after faithful service-with a comfortable pension. Most seem to like the setup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Giant of the West | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

...yeah? Where's that you're going to school?" asked the cop, getting closer and sniffing suspiciously. The victim replied. "Repeat that!" he demanded, cocking his nose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One Wee Little Whiff Tells Harvard Man A Mile Away | 3/15/1946 | See Source »

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