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Word: thirds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Boston University, the third entry in the race, finished better than three lengths behind Harvard and Tech...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Roundup | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...freshman fifties won their race by two lengths, one length less than last week's victory margin. Tabor Academy entered its varsity boat in the race, but the prop schoolers were a tired third. The Yardlings' time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Stops Northeastern, 7-2; 150-Pound Crew Defeats MIT | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...opening race of the afternoon was combination affair with the third varsity fifties, the second freshman fifties, and Tabor's second shell competing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Stops Northeastern, 7-2; 150-Pound Crew Defeats MIT | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Number one man Bud Ager played "the best tennis by far of his career," according to Coach Barnaby, in his match against Cornell's Dick Savitt, Savitt, who stands twenty-third in national amateur-rankings, had to battle to 8-6 in the first set, but Ager was so tired in the second set that Savitt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Slaughter MIT As Tennis Team Falls, 9-0 | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...movement has its own special fascination. The scherzo, probably the finest ever written, is a study in titanic contrasts. One moment the whole orchestra is playing the rhythmic theme louder than would seem possible, and suddenly nothing remains but a rollicking melody for woodwind quartet. Some critics call the third movement too long. They could not be more wrong. After hearing Koussevitzky's interpretation, I could only wish that the movement was twice as long as it is. But Beethoven knew the dangers of satisfaction, and he achieved just the right length...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

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