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Word: sixings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...charged into marchers and bystanders alike, swinging their nightsticks. Then, from the tenements lining Lenox Avenue, a sudden, furious bombardment of bricks, empty bottles, broomsticks, tin cans and pots rained down on the cops. It was over as suddenly as it began. In 15 minutes of violence, seven people (six of them policemen) had been injured. Police arrested six...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Harlem Homecoming | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...Bavaria," says Peter, "the king used to give 100 marks to a family that had seven boys born in a row. Also, the king would be godfather of the seventh boy. My mother had six sons, and when the seventh was coming, they thought it would be a boy, but it turned out to be a girl. So papa said, 'Well mama, I guess we have to try again.'" Unfortunately, the second try resulted in a similar buildup, and a similar let down...

Author: By Robert J. Blinken, | Title: Boots, Beer Make Limmer Tradition | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

Ossman played well for the Crimson, breaking up several Brown passing threats. The longest run of the day came when Leone gathered in a Harvard punt and ran 75 yards before being brought down from behind on the six yard line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown's Aerials Overhaul Jayvee Eleven by 27-6 | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

...Six of the seven finishers in last week's triangular cross-country meet with Yale and Princeton are in New York for the Heptagonal Races this weekend. Coach Jaakko Mikkola and his traveling squad are hopeful of returning from the trip with more to show than another last place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Harriers Face Tough Opponents In 'Heps' Today | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

Enright takes credit for designing the first nose-guard. Six broken noses in a game was not an uncommon thing in the early days and since no headgears were worn, the first nose-guard was a head band and mouth bit affair...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

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