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Word: wallops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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After a disappointing start against Pennsylvania, the Indians came back to wallop Holy Cross and Colgate, primarily on the strength of Clayton's passing and some well executed trap plays and off tackle slants. Dartmouth's great weapon against Harvard last year, however, was its outside game...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Dartmouth in Town Again for 53rd Meeting As Crimson Seeks First Win of 1949 Season | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

Champion. Ring Lardner's prize middleweight heel, played with a wallop by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 15, 1949 | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

Champion. Ring Lardner's prize middleweight heel, played with a wallop by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 1, 1949 | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...first game, Brooklyn Pitcher Elwin ("Preacher") Roe tempted Outfielder Stan Musial with a slow, change-of-pace curve; Musial eyed it carefully and whaled the ball over the right-field fence. In his box, the Dodgers' Branch Rickey generously remarked: "That Musial is a great hitter." The wallop was just a foretaste of what was going to happen to Brooklyn. The Cards won that game, 3-1, won the second game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Nine Old Men | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...Nebraska and other regions that produce alfalfa seed, wild bees are getting scarcer. In recent years, the yield of seed per acre has been steadily going down. Dr. Hixson has been crossing alfalfa strains, breeding them for gentleness of pistil. He hopes to develop flowers with so soft a wallop that even the timidest bee will not be afraid to alight on them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Lay That Pistil Down | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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