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Word: sparks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hand set shots of Joe Flynn provided the spark missing in the Funsters' recent games, and they held the lead throughout the game. George Okamura, whom Mariaschin calls "the best little ballplayer in the league," was on top of every Leverett play, while John Brunsman's control to the backboard set up fast breaks for the Dunster five. Norm Cameron paced the Bunnies with ten points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Upset Unseats Bunny Five, 35-30; Leverett Wins Wrestling Title | 3/14/1947 | See Source »

...contest was close for the first ten minutes, when the Crimson overcame a 21 to 20 deficit to move into a lead it never relinquished. Hauptfuhrer scored ten points in the second period on a variety of shots to spark the Varsity spurt, and Coach Bill Barclay's squad left the floor at the end of a high-scoring first half with a 38 to 30 lead...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Varsity Five Downs Quakers, 64-48 | 3/5/1947 | See Source »

...their laboratory "cold chamber." Silver iodide did the trick magnificently, turning the fog to snow. Silver iodide crystals are hexagonal, as snow crystals are. Apparently snowflakes recognize the kinship and are fooled into hanging on. An infinitesimal whiff is enough. In the presence of iodine vapor a single electric spark will knock enough silver out of a dime to start a snow flurry. Burning a cotton string impregnated with silver iodide makes enough crystalline smoke to cause a sizable snowstorm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Snow Is Predicted | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

...able to buy them. If American markets are closed to foreign countries, they will have no recourse but to withdraw into economic isolation, adopt a system of strict controls, and wage a cutthroat fight to control certain export markets. The frictions arising from this condition might well provide the spark for another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Front and Center | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

Gale Brothers Spark...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Hoopsters Hit Ivy Loop Play After 4 Years | 1/10/1947 | See Source »

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