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Word: upper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...upper echelons of Dartmouth's sextet went the way of all sheepskins last spring and the Green's major problem all year has been to turn an average group of veterans and some exceptional new talent into something to beat better than average Ivy League competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Tennis Team Nips Dartmouth Visitors by 5-4 | 5/26/1949 | See Source »

...these races is in order. 150 pound crews, containing no man over 155 pounds are slower and can keep their pace for less distance than the average heavy eight. This is because much of the smoothness and drive of a shell is provided by the easy swing of the upper body and shoulders of the oarsmen at the catch and that, because light weights must make up in strength what they lack in beef, they muscle out a more strenuous and less rhythmic stroke. The Crimson third heavies versus the first 150's is thus an unpredictable and much discussed...

Author: By R. JOHNSON Shortlidge, | Title: Gala ARA Regatta Will Pack Charles Saturday | 5/19/1949 | See Source »

...group, composed of Julius Adler, John G. Morey, and Lester L. Ward, all of '52, will oppose Yale tonight in the Union Upper Common Room at 8 p.m. David L. Auerbach, Leo Bersani, and Allen Lichtenberg will travel to Princeton. In the third match Yale and Princeton exchange teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Teams Will Debate Yale, Princeton Today | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

...most snobbish schools. For several reels, while the camera conscientiously explores the virtues and vices of the school system, young Jack gets caned, taunted, snubbed and bullied by his masters and schoolmates. In the end he emerges a successful product of the British public-school system, with a stiff upper lip and an upper-class accent. Both upper & lower social classes, presumably, have learned a lot in the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Three from Britain | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Newsmen cooled their heels for two hours while Chandler mulled things over with National League President Ford Frick, New York Giants officials, members of Chandler's staff and a stiff upper Lip. Finally, he called them into his office and issued a terse communiqu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Happy Springs the Lip | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

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