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Word: rowe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tired. His opponent, thin-mustached Ezzard Charles of Cincinnati, was young enough (27), but he was a second-rater without punch or drive. Just before they squared off in Chicago's Comiskey Park last week, a hanger-on wriggled in to where Joe Louis sat in the fourth row and asked breathlessly: "Champ, have you got a last-minute pick?" Deadpan Joe, the front man for boxing's new promotional monopoly, mumbled forthrightly: "Ain't doin' any pickin' . . . I didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I Didn't Pay to Get In | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

...Hungary's neo-Gothic Parliament building the crowd cheered as Communist Boss Matyas Rakosi stalked in to open the session. He first walked around the red-plushed row of ministerial chairs to shake hands with each cabinet minister. One of the old familiar faces was missing -that of Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk, wartime underground leader and once Hungary's dreaded Minister of the Interior. Since Rajk's name had headed the single list of candidates in his district, his election had seemed sure. When the rapporteur of the Mandate Credentials Committee omitted Rajk's name from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Down the Sink | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

...Elis, making a frantic, bid to end 13 consecutive defeats over the New London course, have imitated Curwen's (and Coach Tom Bolles') rowing style this year, abandoning their high stroking style of previous seasons. Both crews will probably row most of the race at a 30 to 31 beat, although Yale will force it up higher for the finish...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crew Faces Yale Tomorrow In Bid for Unbeaten Season | 6/23/1949 | See Source »

...Crimson jayvee boat, which like its varsity and freshman counterparts won the Eastern championship last month, should not have too much trouble keeping its record clean. Both jayvees and freshmen row over a two mile course, which makes their earlier victories over the Blue a more accurate yardstick of what they will do tomorrow...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crew Faces Yale Tomorrow In Bid for Unbeaten Season | 6/23/1949 | See Source »

...press row for the fiftieth year was Tom Sullivan, groundskeeper emeritus, was hasn't missed a Yale game since 1900. He was present today by courtesy of the HAA, which apparently felt that Tom was necessary even if he wasn't still caring for the infield...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Reunions Make the Beer Go 'Round . . . | 6/23/1949 | See Source »

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