Word: sevening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will play, the best thing I can wish you is, that you may win and never throw crabs." In 1801, when young Marigny was sowing his wild oats in London Town, The Sporting Magazine printed: "Dreamt that I had thrown crabs all night and couldn't nick a seven...
Under Homer Cummings last year, marshals and deputies were required to be fingerprinted. Seven were discovered to have criminal records. Also, FBI started investigating the character of candidates for marshal jobs. Going further, Frank Murphy last week asked Congress to put all deputies into the Civil Service and require them to take physical examinations. The last was inspired by a certain 400-pounder in Illinois who, too fat to get out of his car to serve warrants, employed as his helper a village character called Silly Willy...
...Seven ski teams, including the Crimson contingent led by Captain Bill Hinton, will compete on the Bear Mountain trail at Bartlett on Sunday in the third annual Schussverein downhill race...
...balloting held yesterday and Tuesday Cleveland Amory was elected Secretary of the Senior Class, heading a slate of seven elected to the Class Day Committee and six to the Permanent Class Committee...
...Vote for Seven...