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Word: touche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most famous offspring reached his greatest glory. When fat old Tom Pendergast died in 1945, after a short stretch in Leavenworth for income-tax evasion, his nephew and image, Jim Pendergast, took over the creaky remnants of the machine. But Jim just didn't have the touch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSOURI: New Faces, Old Stuff | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

There was no gunplay. Pasos did not make his speech; instead, he went to jail for three weeks. But neither then nor later did Tacho touch the textile mill and other businesses that made Pasos wealthy. General Pasos still hangs around Managua, in halfhearted opposition to Somoza-but Tacho is in wholehearted control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: I'm the Champ | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...London, Queen Elizabeth was staying indoors for a couple of days with a touch of the grippe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 15, 1948 | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...Even the touch football artists could tell from the shouts that the Varsity was building a bonfire. And ironically enough, just as Art Valpey's team was firing up for the game, the remains of the "B" on the Stadium turf were being burned up by the maintainence crew...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Varsity Fires Up For Bruins in Long Grind | 11/12/1948 | See Source »

Thayer Middle chalked up its fifth straight win in Yard touch football yesterday to maintain its lead in the American League. At the same time, Straus mustered enough men to win by forfeit over an exam-ridden Lionel team and thus cinch a tie for the National League crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thayer, Straus On Top of Freshman Football Leagues | 11/9/1948 | See Source »

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