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Word: star (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Olympic in Southampton, England, last week, carpenters went to work on a bunk. They tore out the end of it, made it much longer. They put a row of thick struts under it to make it bear twice a normal sleeper's weight. The White Star Line took these precautions, not because it had accepted an elephant as a first class passenger, but because a prospective passenger named Primo Carnera is proportioned like the giants of myth. Passenger Camera, an Italian pugilist, planned his trip to the U. S. as a business venture. He felt that he ought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Brobdingnagian | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...Collinsville, Ill., a contest was held on "Homecoming Day" to find the biggest liar in Southern Illinois. A $20 gold piece was awarded one Ernestine Smith, editress of the Columbia (Illinois) Star. The lie: her auto fell into a mudhole, sank in three weeks to Singapore, China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...Marsters, running, passing, plunging, kicking star of the Green, leading intercollegiate scorer, All-American prospect and the most dangerous and spectacular man on the field today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NUMBERS TO WATCH IN TODAY'S GAME | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

...Wolff, Marster's running mate, passing star and all-around threat. He threw the pass that gave Dartmouth its lone score last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NUMBERS TO WATCH IN TODAY'S GAME | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

...Crehan, husky guard and star punter who will share Dartmouth's kicking burden. Injured against Columbia he is playing today with a specially constructed helmet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NUMBERS TO WATCH IN TODAY'S GAME | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

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