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Word: win (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...I.C.A.A.A.A. meet that saw Ben Johnson of Columbia the first of the century to win three events--the 100, 220, and broad jump--and Pitt's ace John Woodruff capture both the half and the mile, Harvard gained only eight and a half points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK MEN GAIN 11TH PLACE IN I.C.4A MEET | 6/1/1937 | See Source »

Friday, Pennsylvania pounded three Varsity twirlers for 10 baschits to win 11-4. On the following morning Slim Curtiss pitched the only Crimson victory of the series, over Columbia 6-4, but Coach Fred Mitchell's ace hurler, Ed Ingalls, bowed before the Princeton Tigers 7-2 in the afternoon tilt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY NINE LOSES THREE WEEKEND TILTS | 6/1/1937 | See Source »

...order to win the Eastern League championship, the Varsity must win the four remaining encounters of the season. Since these contests are against the leading teams, Yale and Princeton, Crimson chances for a high place in the standings are slight following the set-backs by mediocre Pennsylvania and Princeton nines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY NINE LOSES THREE WEEKEND TILTS | 6/1/1937 | See Source »

...repeating his hotel-room knockout is endangered when Nick suspects his protege of an intrigue with Fluff. Now intent on revenging himself on his own fighter, Nick sends Ward into the ring with instructions calculated to allow the champion, whose manager has been informed of the plan, to win. Halfway through the fight, Fluff and Nick's sister (Jane Bryan), with whom Ward is actually in love, convince Nick of his error. Nick then reverses his signals, Ward wins the title, and Nick and Turkey settle their differences by gunplay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, May 31, 1937 | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

...holy lives must win a new world's crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 5/28/1937 | See Source »

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