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Word: toms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lone tally came after one minute of the final quarter. Bart Lechalier, Eli right inside, dribbled through the Harvard defense and booted a low hard kick which seemed to be aimed wide of the goal. Center forward Tom Hopkins managed to get a foot in the path of the ball and deflected it just enough to send it high into the lefthand corner of the nets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Soccer Team Loses, 1-0 | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

Both Kirkland and Calhoun suffered mediocre seasons, but the Deacons lightened up their defense in their last three games. If Kirkland can throttle the Calhoun attack, perhaps the power plays of Tom Lamb and Frank Nolan can roll up a winning score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Football Teams Face Yale College Squads Today | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

...Crimson, including Tim White and Nick Arundel at number one, Tom Calhoun at number two, and Morgan Davis at number three, gradually wilted under the pressure as the match progressed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Red Poloists Trample Crimson | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

According to Tom and Jim's Mt. Auburn Street Laundry, seven out of every ten shirts that come in have lipstick traces. While the averages varied, all cleaners agreed the lipstick percentages were notably higher during the fall and winter season, especially after dances. "Guess the boys go all out when they get dressed up, said John B. Iacoucel, owner of the cleaning establishment at 34 Dunster Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Careless Love Smudges on Crimson Laundry Reveal Lurid Shirt Tales | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

...house his school, which he named Cooper Union, the wealthy inventor (a washing machine, the "Tom Thumb" locomotive, a musical cradle that rocked itself) and iron and glue manufacturer had built a handsome five-story structure on Astor Place, hired 21 faculty members. Two thousand artisans and working girls enrolled the first year for the Union's free courses, e.g., mathematics, chemistry, mechanical philosophy, theoretical and practical mechanics, drawing, vocal music. Cooper established weekly lectures in social philosophy, set up a public library and reading room, and a school of design to train "respectable females" for suitable jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Free of Charge | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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