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Word: veterans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...retirement Bob Brookings stole the show in the first day of the Handicap Meet at the Stadium and upheld the honor of the Yard proctors by winning his heat of the 100-meter dash with ridiculous ease. In the 200-meter dash, however, time took its toll of the veteran and he was smothered by the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOB BROOKINGS STEALS SHOW IN HANDICAP MEET | 4/18/1936 | See Source »

...with many college aggregations this year, the chief Princeton uncertainty is in the box. Shorty Morris, who gave the Crimson among others considerable difficulty last year, has developed a trick knee, throwing the burden of the mound work upon a second veteran Dick Bell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAGUIRE LEADS NINE TO TIGERTOWN AND CAYUGA | 4/17/1936 | See Source »

Robert Graves, onetime Captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, edited his fellow-soldier's book, wrote an appreciative introduction. Private Richards was already a veteran of 15 years' service when Graves, just out of public school, joined the battalion as an officer. With better luck than most veterans (Graves calls it a "20,000 to 1 chance"), Richards fought through the entire War without missing a battle or stopping a bullet. He won two decorations (Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal), was known as "a good man," but never applied for a promotion and never got one. After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Thomas Atkins | 4/13/1936 | See Source »

...With two veteran pitchers, Bill Gannett and John DeBettencourt, who is scheduled to start, the Lions can place a large share of their hopes in the continued silencing of the Crimson bats, able to collect only five solid blows in their last appearance Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL TEAM OPENS FLAG RACE WITH LION | 4/13/1936 | See Source »

Flowing through a couple of inches of mud on the Business School field, the Varsity Increase team downed a veteran Tufts outfit Saturday, 6-1. Experience didn't prove of much value to the losers as the newly-formed Crimson forward line displayed decided improvement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LACROSSE TEAM DOWNS VETERAN TUFTS SQUAD | 4/13/1936 | See Source »

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