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Word: won (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...then Jix," said "Jim" Thomas, "I won't 'urt your bloody Hempire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Only Fundamental Question | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

...Walter Gay came in second. In Belfast, Ireland was circulated a message which nobody could trace to its source: "Trigo will do the Trigo is Irish-reared, Irish-owned (Mr. William Barnett, corn-broker) Many Belfastians bet on Trigo, odds: 33 to 1. They too were proved wise. Trigo won...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Epsom Derby | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

...famed though of course not always its most exciting race. The Derby excitement obtains not from the actual running of the race but from the world-wide lottery betting upon it. At the end of a Derby race it is generally discovered that some very obscure person has suddenly won a considerable fortune at very little risk. Such knowledge encourages people to bet on the following Derby. Thus Derby sweepstakes perennially increase in number and size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Epsom Derby | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Tufts has numbered Lafayette and Bowdoin among its victims. It defeated Boston University 13 to 7, and has won from Bates and Wesleyan. Its only notable defeat has been at the hands of the Blue team, which won 11 to 2, pounding Adams out of the box with six runs in the third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DIAMOND COHORTS LEAVE BAILIWICK FOR TUFTS MELEE | 6/15/1929 | See Source »

...Sargent and the Warepoch he speaks for be damned or be praised in the future. You won't better matters by expunging records. They may signify something that you haven't thought of. Yours sincerely, John Jay Chapman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Of Historical Value | 6/15/1929 | See Source »

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