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Word: streaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...white lie. You can't blame Fall very much for that. He would have had a yellow streak a foot wide if he hadn't tried to protect his old friend after all Doheny had done for him." Then the jurors paused for dinner, sang "Bye, Bye, Blackbird," argued, turned on the phonograph, argued, slept, argued. . . . At 9:30 a.m., another ballot was taken. The vote was unanimous for acquittal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: No Yellow Necktie | 12/27/1926 | See Source »

...booted a soaring punt that bounded past Stafford and rolled to the Crimson 10-yard mark. This kick changed the complexion of the game in an instant. Harvard now had its back to the wall, and a moment later Captain Coady tried to kick from his 25-yard streak. The Crimson line buckled; Richards, Yale tackle, took the ascending pigskin on his chest, and the ball rolled across the goal line, where the alert Sturhahn pounced on it for the score. This sudden fall from the heights in a few plays stunned the Crimson stands, and intimated the part that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON DEFENSE FAILS AS YALE CAPITALIZES BREAKS | 11/22/1926 | See Source »

Almond eyed Chinese solemnly walked the floor never cracking a smile, even when one of the cannibals slid across the floor and left a black streak, they were planning revenge on the Jews who were making eyes at their women and Grank their cider...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: THE CRIME | 11/19/1926 | See Source »

...early years of the series, strong teams from the University annually annihilated the Pennsylvania eleven, as is shown by the scores of 1887, 1888, and 1889, when the Philadelphia's fell by 42 to 0, 35 to 0, and 50 to 0. After Harvard had enjoyed a long winning streak, the series closed in 1905, the last two games being Pennsylvania victories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pennsylvania Replaces Tiger on Harvard Gridiron Schedule | 11/17/1926 | See Source »

...five minutes before the close of the game. Then, to the disgust of the Rhode Island rooters, substitutes were sent in, who, in the gathering darkness put over Brown's third score. Mishel tore through the Harvard team for 40 yards, to be downed on the Crimson 32-yard streak. Edes, diminutive Bruin back, raced 26 yards, and on the next play a triple pass, Eisenberg to Randall to Edes, accounted for six yards and the third touchdown. The point after touchdown came, as had the other two, on a business-like dropkick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BROWN AIR ATTACK FATAL TO CRIMSON IN FINAL ANALYSIS | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

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