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Word: wilson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...awarded the leading spirit. No, wait a minute those laurels will have to be divided with Marshall Stearns '30 whose broad portrayal of the heroine's mother was an equally bright piece of work. W. W. Ryan '30 found that filling the shoes of the late lamented Messrs. Wilson and Melcher was no easy job. In the face of an insurmountable handicap he did a creditable...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...with the acquisition of Rogers Hornsby, for whom he traded five players and considerable currency to Boston. The addition of Hornsby gives Chicago a "Murderer's Row" of batters comparable to the famed Yankee quartet of Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Koenig. The Chicago "Row" contains "Kiki" Cuyler, Hornsby, "Hack" Wilson, Riggs Stephenson. Experts everywhere predict that the Cubs will sweep through the National League. Chicago bettors are already willing to back their team in the 1929 World Series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Again, Baseball | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...tradition which played no small part in the making of Harvard University. Even if circumstances brought about the loss of Professor Baker and his guiding hand, the work which he inspired might better have been encouraged, rather than have been abandoned for the ugliest possible commercialism. Roger Wilson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boards On The Carpet | 4/5/1929 | See Source »

...game is easy to learn and requires footwork, handwork, and team work. It will be played on the field where the lacrosse team used to practice back of the Business School. J. S. Malick 2G.B. will be the coach and G. B. Wilson 2G.B. his assistant. Freshmen may count speedball as their spring form of exercise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW SPORT, SPEEDBALL, IS INAUGURATED AT HARVARD | 4/4/1929 | See Source »

Came the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Foch seemed to divine, by intuition, that President Woodrow Wilson's pledge that the U.S. would guarantee French security was wasted breath. After the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty, Marshal Foch declared with concentrated scorn in an authorized interview...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Glory to Foch | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

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