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Word: shoulder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Iron Man. His legs, his nerves, were as ferrous as the machine under him. If he was to win he must sprint, and he must time his sprint perfectly. He was out in front now, pedaling like a maniac. Georgetti relieved him. Egg was at Georgetti's shoulder. McNamara relieved Georgetti. A pistol cracked-McNamara had won his third successive six-day race (2,109 miles). And the Beckman-Stockholm team was second. Wambst-Lacquehay, Walker-MoBeath, Grimm-Winter-third, fourth and fifth-tumbled into their pits, having done their furious best for 146 hours to win some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Six Days | 3/22/1926 | See Source »

...each to his own tune as if they were following a drum that had been silenced. Where the wall ended, a row of policemen made a stiff blue dam across the street, leaving a gap just wide enough for the passage of these twilight marchers, right foot, left foot, shoulder to shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: In Passaic | 3/15/1926 | See Source »

...suspicious. She called in the police. Detectives Gallagher and Murtha strolled over from the East 104th Police Station (her apartment is at 1160 Fifth Ave., the corner of 97th St.). They searched the maid's room and found the missing articles. In court Miss Bernhardt wept on her mistress' shoulder, asked for a chance to prove that she was innocent. Mrs. Harrison relented and asked Magistrate McKiniry not to send the girl to jail. He said he was sorry but had no choice. He held her for want of $2,500 bail for action by a grand jury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: In Manhattan | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

...This," said one who marked how Booth's blazing eyes fastened upon the broad blue shoulder of Captain Bob Lincoln and the delicious confiding form of Bessie Hale, "this is the fire of passion whipped high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Living Dead Man | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

...most spectacular per- formance, with the exception of Kane's classic in the relay, was Watters' race in the 1000. The University middle distance star was almost too sick to walk just before the race. He overcame a poor start, and fought every step of the way to shoulder ahead of a Cornell runner on the last turn and finish behind the winning Haggerty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPEEDY CRIMSON TEAM OUTSTRIPS INVADING HOSTS | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

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