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Word: tucks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...into a raving manlae. Scientists have advanced various theories, but the one we like best is that of a girl who, after sitting through six performances, sobbed out that she wanted to "take him home, give him a hot cup of tea, smother him with hot water bottles, and tuck him-into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 12/7/1943 | See Source »

Divorced. John Jacob Astor III, 31; by Ellen Tuck French Astor, 26; after eight years; in Reno. She got a million-dollar settlement, joint custody of their son William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 31, 1943 | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

...Exeter, the Jayvee tracksters were nosed out of a victory in a nip-and-tuck battle, when the schoolboys captured first place in the meet finale, the 200-yard relay. Dick Coggeshall ran a dead heat with Exeter's Dick Hall in the thousand, smashing the Exeter record with a sparkling 2:21.7 performance. The meet was tied all the way, and even individual honors were split between the teams. Flint of Harvard and Marshall of Exeter ended one-two in the 45-yard hurdles, trading places in the 40-yard dash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...YORK, Feb. 9--With both teams displaying a brand of sloppy, erratic ball, Columbia forged ahead in the second half of its game with Harvard last night in the Northeast tournament to whip the Crimson 54-43. The game went nip and tuck through the first half with the visiting Harvards holding a two point edge at the whistle...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, (SPECIAL TO THE HARVARD CRIMSON.) | Title: Hoopsters Lose to Columbia 54 to 43 | 2/10/1943 | See Source »

...secret told, Cordell Hull cared little about Vichyfrance reaction, remained stonily indifferent when the Laval Government told tall, dapper S. Pinkney Tuck, to whom the development was no surprise, that it was breaking relations with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Secrets Will Out | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

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