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Word: spreeing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Center Bill Cleary led the Crimson's highest scoring spree this season with five goals and two assists against the Huskies. Two of his scores were solo tallies...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Sextet Will Face B.C. in Bean Pot Tussle | 2/8/1955 | See Source »

...steam shovel ($5), a plastic tea set ($3), a baking set ($5), a chocolate-drink mixer ($5) and a collection of plastic bricks ($5). Except for her clipped accent and a certain bedlamic stir that trailed after her, the lady might have been any ordinary grandmother on a shopping spree in New York. She was Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth, and the six-year-old she was shopping for is the heir-apparent to the British throne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Queen Mum at Large | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...businessmen, who like nothing more than getting together at trade conventions, recently have been getting together in another way. They have embarked on the greatest merger spree in history. In the past few months, by stock swap or outright purchase, Nash and Hudson became American Motors, Hilton Hotels took over the Statler chain, Mathieson Chemical and Olin Industries combined. Still more big mergers are in the making throughout industry. Packard and Studebaker stockholders vote this week on consolidating. Bethlehem Steel is talking merger with Youngstown Sheet & Tube, and Textron is working on a three-way merger with American Woolen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: --THE BIG GET-TOGETHER^: Reasons Behind the Merger Spree | 8/23/1954 | See Source »

...fifth inning, however, the Crimson went ahead for the last time, with Ned Felton coming in to bat, and pitch, for Kessler, who now earns credit for both the nine's league wins. Felton's single, followed by an error which allowed Bill Chauncey to reach base started the spree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Tops Cornell After 9-5 Defeat To Cadets Here | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

...room dressing-down, La Salle Coach Ken Loeffler gave Gola & Co. new tactics: switch from man-to-man defense to a zone defense. The switch worked wonders. Bradley, which had been sinking 37% of its shots, suddenly could not find the range. Meanwhile, Gola & Co. went on a scoring spree-30 points in ten minutes-and won by an easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Upsetters Upset | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

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