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Word: round (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...behind washtubs in a closet, they found another chapter: short pieces of pipe, three cheap pocket watches and some flashlight batteries. With hardly more than a nod from the cops, George put on his street clothes with his customary fastidiousness, bade his moaning sisters goodbye, and, beaming through his round, gold-rimmed glasses like a parish clergyman off on his rounds, drove downtown to headquarters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: George Did It | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

...Crimson has beaten B.C. once already and split with B.U. In the opening round of the Beanpot, the varsity will meet the Terriers while the Eagles take a breather against Northeastern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sextet Enters Beanpot Tourney Against Strong B.U., B.C. Teams | 1/30/1957 | See Source »

...lapse should give the varsity enough time to get in shape after the exam lay-off--if only it can get by Boston University in the opening round. The team visits Providence Saturday night to play Brown in its second Ivy League contest. The Bruins will be reinforced for the second half of their schedule by high-scoring linemen Bill Sepe and Ed Allard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sextet Enters Beanpot Tourney Against Strong B.U., B.C. Teams | 1/30/1957 | See Source »

...ring foes piled through the ropes, Dempsey engaged each in a heavyweight exchange of compliments. Said towering Fred Fulton, whom the Mauler knocked out in 18 seconds of the first round in 1918: "If I had to lose, I was glad it was to Jack Dempsey." Replied Dempsey: "It was you fellows who made me." From France came Georges Carpentier, a dandy of 63, who plugged not only Dempsey but his own Paris restaurant. From the Argentine came Luis Angel Firpo, 62, once the Wild Bull of the Pampas, now a lumbering giant whose dignity shone somehow through his confusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: They Never Come Back | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...Crimson's undefeated court tennis team will begin its annual intrasquad round-robin at the Tennis and Racquet Club next week, in preparation for its only match, the H-Y-P intercollegiate tournament in the Racquet and Tennis Club of New York on March 9. Captain Randy Hackett and Ed Harding are nip and tuck for the top position. The team will definitely be favored to take the tourney for the third straight year...

Author: By The CITY Editor, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

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