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Word: virginia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Kentucky. Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Gains Below the Line | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

...some revelry in Miami, ripening (54) Bon Vivant Lucius ("Luscious") Beebe, now publisher of the Virginia City, Nev. Territorial Enterprise, rolled into Jacksonville in his elegant private railroad car (accouterments: three master bedrooms, a Turkish bath, a wine closet, a St. Bernard dog woofing to the name of Mr. T-Bone Towser). Local reporters converged on the track where Beebe was parked with his traveling companion, Charles Clegg. Q.: "How much did this rolling stock cost?" Beebe (Shuddering slightly): "That's vulgar!" Clegg (to newsmen): "I wouldn't ask how much your suit cost." Beebe: "But Governor Harriman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 27, 1956 | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

...could do, it would not be strictly against past University policy. In the five years following its inception in 1930, the Harvard Boxing team developed into the most powerful squad in the East, recording an undefeated season in 1935 with one tie against Yale. The victories included semi-professional Virginia and Penn as opponents. Only once in six matches could the boxers defeat Yale, however...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Intercollegiate Boxing Used to Be Popular | 2/24/1956 | See Source »

Best Team Record Achieved in 1936Varsity-8 M.I.T.-0Varsity-4 1/2 Virginia-3 1/2Varsity-5 1/2 Penn-2 1/2Varsity-4 1/2 Coast Guard-3 1/2Varsity-8 Princeton-0Varsity-5 Army-3Varsity-4 Yale-4won-6, lost-0, tied...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Intercollegiate Boxing Used to Be Popular | 2/24/1956 | See Source »

...four Eastern colleges who present- ly sponsor separate boxing clubs include Dartmouth, Syracuse, Cornell and Virginia. Last month Virginia and Syracuse sent out questionnaires to several colleges which formerly supported boxing teams in order to determine if the sport could be revived as intercollegiate competition...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Student Committee Drives For Intercollegiate Boxing | 2/24/1956 | See Source »

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