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Word: tigers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Seminole Indians in Miami made Fiorello Henry LaGuardia an honorary member of their tribe, christened him Chief Tiger Killer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 4, 1933 | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

...Like the rest of the family, it has a deep pit on either side of its big, blunt snout. It is the only member which lays eggs, usually nesting in deserted armadillo holes. It grows up to 12 ft. long. Its enormously developed fangs look like a sabre-toothed tiger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Bushmaster | 11/20/1933 | See Source »

Gourmet Albert Sarraut is one of France's great empire builders, a stocky, twinkly-eyed Senator with a warm sense of humor, an icy sense of duty and the charmed life of a tomcat. At the turn of the century Georges ("Tiger") Clemenceau picked young Tomcat Sarraut as a likely scrapping partner in the bitter Dreyfus affair. As Clemenceau's Under- secretary of Interior, M. Sarraut was challenged by a certain Deputy Pugliesi-Conti to duel over the rehabilitation of Jew Dreyfus. He accepted "on condition that it is to the death." Tomcat Sarraut's seconds thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Tomcat's Cabinet | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

Priming his soccer squad for the Tiger contest Saturday at Princeton, Coach John F. Carr, Jr. '28 will put the Varsity team through a series of light practice sessions this week. A game with a graduate outfit is scheduled for Thursday, and the following night the Varsity leaves for Nassau...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CARR PRIMING BOOTERS FOR PRINCETON CLASH | 10/31/1933 | See Source »

...Root is pretty well fixed in the middle of the line. He starts with Kilcullen and Clare Curtin, both big, experienced tackles, and he can fall back on Bob "Tiger" Taylor and Sid Stein, a pair of mammoth Sophomores. At guards he has veterans Ed Nichols and Jimmy DeAngelis, both speedy, a distinct advantage in the Eli attack. Webb Davis, Dick Crampton, and Ben Grosscup leave the Eli coach well equipped with guard material. At center there is Vic Malin, 240-pound Senior, who has seen service all through college, and he is backed up by Dick Barr, pivot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/14/1933 | See Source »

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