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Word: win (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Adams-and Jack Garner-the man responsible for aligning votes to beat Leader Barkley and the Administration in this first big Senate showdown of the year, was Pat Harrison. The result showed how much wiser Franklin Roosevelt might have been had he let that shrewd old reliable from Mississippi win the Majority Leadership after Joe Robinson died, instead of intervening for "Dear Alben." Leader Barkley, however, was up against not only Garner, Adams, Byrnes, Harrison & Co., he was also up against a Trend. Of 35 Senators elected or re-elected last November, 21 voted for Economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: 93 Votes | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...part-good training for officers used to rule the easy way by command alone. Aside from a wise C. O., best bolster to CCC morale is promotion: a company of 200 may include twelve group leaders, 18 assistants from the ranks. Topnotchers may win salaried jobs as assistant technicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSERVATION: Poor Young Men | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Skip Stahley's once-beaten Yardling quintet hung up a record Saturday against Milton when they held the prepsters to two free throws and no field goals to win in a walk 35 to 2, with twelve players seeing action for the Crimson in their first post-examination tilt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '42 BASKETEERS DRUB MILTON QUINT 35 TO 7 | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Coach Jaako Mikkola's one-mile relay team of Hobart Lerner, Joe Donnelly, Frannie King and Jim Lightbody outran relay combinations from Princeton and Yale to win the Big Three winter title in the time of 3:26 to provide the big spark for Harvard Saturday night at the New York Millrose games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mile Relay Team Captures Big Three Title in New York | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

With a rearranged lineup, the wrestling team will swing into action against the Brown grapplers tomorrow at Providence to try to chalk up their second win of the year. In the past two matches, the team has defeated Tufts with a complete sweep, and has lost by one point to a more experienced Princeton team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestling Team Faces Brown With Many Changed Weights | 2/3/1939 | See Source »

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