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Word: wing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since Saturday's tussle against Leicester Junior College was little more than a warmup, the big question Friday afternoon will be whether the J.V. single wing will work against a coordinated defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JV Gridders Set For Cadet Plays | 10/14/1948 | See Source »

...tying goal came late in the third period when left inside forward Charlie Weiss scored on a play set by a pass from his wing Bill Dawson, who arched a kick in front of the Cornell goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Soccer Squad Ties Cayugans, 3 to 3 | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...years when Humphrey was building a reputation as a crack executive, a friend of labor, a staunch anti-Communist liberal, Joe Ball had seemed perversely determined to undercut his own earlier supporters. He had lost whatever labor backing he had once had by heading the get-tough-with-labor wing in the Taft-Hartley debates. He had baffled the farmers by plying them with abstruse economic theories. He had alienated many a Republican regular by jumping party lines to vote for Franklin Roosevelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Battle for the Senate | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...took a wrong turn left, instead of right. The road sort of died out. Mom was just going to turn back when all of a sudden the fog socked in on us. Couldn't see a thing. Mom tried to climb . . . Then we hit. The left wing sheared off. Both wings were off and we toppled over. Mom breathed roughly for a while and then was still. I knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: Off the Highway | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...Whitney Museum, four miles away in Greenwich Village, specializes in the contemporary. It seemed a good idea for the two museums to get together, and for the past five years they had been planning to do it: the Whitney was to quit its downtown quarters, move into a new wing at ,he well-heeled Metropolitan. But last week the deal was called off. Both sides issued explanations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: No Marriage | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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