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Word: took (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...four plays which followed, Struck made three first downs. In seven more plays, before the Harvard stands had time to realixe what was happening, Macdonald and Struck took turns marching the ball down the field for a score...

Author: By Donald B. Straus, | Title: Crimson Eleven Smashes Losing Streak, Downing Princeton 34-6 | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...almost an unknown body, in that year a committee of the Class of '39 under the informal chairmanship of Richard P. Hedblom '39 took an active lead in class affairs, proved that the twelve men appointed really had an opportunity to lead and to initiate...

Author: By Caleb Foote, | Title: Union Committee Has Risen in Last Two Years to Position In Which It Leads Freshman Government, Begins Reforms | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...early moments of the game to block and recover an enemy punt on the 20-yard line. After three running plays had failed, Joe Gardella tossed a spot pass to Gene Lovett, who carried to the Bruin four-yard marker. Four plays netted a scanty two yards and Brown took possession of the ball, immediately kicking out of danger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLINGS UNABLE TO CHECK BROWN ATTACK | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...which they have a personal interest. This week the Court refused to review, the 75-year prison sentence imposed on Scottsboro Boy Haywood Patterson, affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court last June. In announcing its decision, the Court noted without comment that onetime Ku Klux Klanner Hugo LaFayette Black "took no part in the consideration and decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Without Black | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...Cooke charged that Mayor Wilson and his allies had succeeded in ''muffling" a Grand Jury investigation of Philadelphia vice ordered by Socialite Judge Curtis Bok, who is also up for reelection. Ordered to explain to the Grand Jury what he meant by "muffling," Mr. Cooke last week took the witness stand, floundered: "Well, the word-muffled-as I understand it, is generally applied to drums. In other words, you have heard of a muffled drum The muffling . . . simply insulates the drum from the outside influences which in that case would be the drumsticks." Judge Bok calmly dismissed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Campaigns | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

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