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Word: winningly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity quintet will be the underdog tonight when it meets a strong Wesleyan team in Middletown. The Crimson will be seeking its first win of the year, having last, 51 to 47, to Amherst Saturday...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Crimson Basketball Team to Seek First Win Tonight in Away Contest With Wesleyan Five | 12/9/1958 | See Source »

When Author Nikos Kazantzakis died last year at 74, he was known to U.S. readers mostly for his novel Zorba the Greek, a flashing testament to the proposition that every minute of life should be lived to the sensuous, sensual hilt. At least twice, reportedly, he failed to win the Nobel Prize by the narrowest of margins. By taking for his own the name of Homer's poem, by adopting Odysseus as his own hero, Kazantzakis has underlined the audacity of his undertaking. His 33,333 lines measure its vastness. But the poem's real boldness lies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homer Continued | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

Cleveland, leading the Eastern section by one game, pulled out a belated 21-14 decision over the Philadelphia Eagles and runner-up New York held off a comeback drive by the Detroit Lions to win...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Browns, Giants Win; N.Y. May Attain Tie | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

Paul Kelley broke the Crimson hockey team out of a 3-3 tie with Middlebury last night, and the varsity went on to win its first game of the season, 8 to 6, in a battle of weak defenses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Six Tops Middlebury, 8-6; Vietze, Kelley Lead Scoring Spree | 12/6/1958 | See Source »

...special category must be reserved for Arthur Freeman's "The Zoo of You." Freeman can play games with poetry and win them, as he does here. To the moment, he has also kept ahead of the post office authorities...

Author: By John H. Fincher, | Title: The Advocate | 12/5/1958 | See Source »

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