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Word: third (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the ballots were counted, the back-door users had given Laborite Craddock 25,335 votes and a clean-cut victory over Tory Windle who polled 19,313. A third candidate, running on the platform of the moribund Liberal Party which is hoping for a political comeback, was disastrously beaten, got less than 3,000 votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Front Door v. Back Door | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Once a year, however, as long as he keeps the Boston conductorship, Munch expects to go back where they know about such things. His two-year contract (with an optional third) allows him plenty of free time in the summers, and he and Madame Munch plan to spend their vacations in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: There Will Be Joy | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Little claims he has always "been crazy about old Fords." This is the third one he has owned since coming to Harvard. He commuted in a 1925 model during his freshman year and last year discovered a '25 touring car going to ruin in the parking lot behind Winthrop House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Jalopies' or 'Antiques,' Some Student Cars Go On Forever | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

Even though Henry Foster and Joe Clark, seeded first and third, respectively, will be out of the lineup because of injuries, the squad isn't very worried about the comparatively weak Williams team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Squash Team Opens Busy Weekend at Williams | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

While the freshman C squash team won a 5 to 0 victory over the Weston Gulf Club yesterday, the freshman D squad was nosed out by the University Club, 3 to 2. It was the third straight shutout victory for the C team in as many starts. The D squad has a one and two record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard C Squash Wins, 5-0; D Team Bows, 3-2 | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

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