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Word: rosasco (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...geographical position of the contestants. Roller Derby teams in the Hippodrome last week were officially racing "the short course" from Salt Lake City to New York, via Route 30. First, after three of the 21 days the Derby is supposed to last, were Millie Duello and her partner Johnny Rosasco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Variations | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

...until 12:30 a. m., had last week covered a distance equivalent to a journey from San Diego to Chicago. As they set off around the Coliseum for New York, favorites to win were Cousin "Libby" Hoover, an Italian team of Gene Vizena and John Rosasco, a deaf-mute named Jay Levy who has taught his waitress-partner to talk with her hands, the Bogashes, bearded John Devitt. Exhibiting one minor but inflexible characteristic of certain tree-sitting, dancing, walking and roller-skating marathoners, Devitt vowed not to shave until he was leading the event. Next spring Promoter Seltzer plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Roller Derby | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

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