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Word: third (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...odds in favor of Brown's Wilcox. But last year's Freshman captain proved himself a fine competitor as he outswam Wilcox to take first place. In the 200 breastroke, Jack Waldron, rated No. 2 Harvard swimmer in that event, dug his way past Max Kraus to finish third, but the pluckiest race of the evening was swum by Frannie Powers against George Gibbons of Brown...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Varsity Hoopmen Snowed Under 55-31 by Superior Indians; Brown Edges Tankmen 38-37; Wrestlers Smudge Tufts 34-0 | 1/20/1939 | See Source »

...year-old former Student Council President and Second Marshal of his class, who also earned letters in track and cross country while in college, will be the third head of the middle-western country day school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOWDITCH LEAVES DEAN'S STAFF TO TAKE SCHOOL JOB | 1/18/1939 | See Source »

...editorial of January 12th, the "Crimson" called the Undergraduate Faculty "a fundamental cure to a few of the 'one-third, of the nation who are ill-fed, ill-clothed and ill-housed." To merit this praise, how can the Undergraduate Faculty after half a year of existence show that preconditioning is the first step towards a fundamental cure? This question would be difficult to answer five years from now and impossible today. The long-range results of education cannot be measured in statistical units...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 1/17/1939 | See Source »

Thus ran sport-page headlines last April when Baseball Umpire Bill Stewart, in his first year as manager of a hockey team, flew his limp-winged Chicago Black Hawks to a Stanley Cup victory. Last week, on the third day of 1939, the Miracle Man of 1938 was given the bum's rush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Out | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...tide looked as if it would turn when Bruce Richardson, another Sophomore, completely tied up his opponent, Carrathers, to clinch three points for Harvard. The third competing Sophomore, "Bunny" Barnes, at 155, produced easily the most exciting match of the afternoon as he pressed Scull into the overtime and drew with him even after that. Twice Barnes had his opponent in a near fall, and once he himself was nearly thrown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRAPPLERS DROP MEET TO TIGERS BY ONE POINT | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

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