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Word: wilds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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That was three months ago. Since then Warder Johns has trapped 16 more wild Tower cats which he believes to be the atavistic descendants of pet tabbies kept by troops stationed there during the last war. Last week he was setting his traps for the last of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORA & FAUNA: Back to Borneo | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...Fitzgerald and Curley, met Ely to congratulate him on a public platform in Worcester. When it came time for Curley to speak, he rose and presented Ely with a check for $1000 --"to show my sincerity in the effort to elect Mr. Ely." The press the next day went wild, praising Curley for his magnanimity; but Mr. Ely was less enthused. The check had been made payable to the Boston City Committee --to be used by the mayor and not by Mr. Ely for getting out the Boston vote...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Colorful Mayor Dominates Boston Political Operations | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

...touch football yesterday, Kirkland whitewashed Adams 13 to 0, and Winthrop bowed to Dudley in a wild game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bunnies Edge Dudley, 9-6; Lowell Trips Dunster 19-6 | 10/28/1949 | See Source »

...noticed in the mental attitudes of the players. The game with Dartmouth on Saturday was marked by the constant failure of the Crimson booters to beat their opponents to the ball. A brief moment of hesitancy when the ball is one the way can make an accurate pass go wild or to another player. Insecurity in a position, insufficient practice with the same eleven men, and a general air of discouragement seem to be the factors that are plaguing the freshman soccer team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

Creation of a world government such as the one the World Federalists request would be a "wild leap" which might destroy the little international cooperation we now have, John H. Mansfield '50, said last night in defense of the United Nations. He spoke in a debate between two members of the Harvard World Federalists and two representatives of the Harvard UN Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UN Revision Debated In Network Program | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

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