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Word: wye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...know." To all appearances, Norton Sound was off on another of her one-day, routine, rocket-testing trips to the Navy's offshore test range. But Gralla knew, even before opening the sealed orders in his cabin, that Norton Sound would not be docking at Port Hueneme (pronounced Wye-nee-mee) the next day, or for weeks afterwards. Her destination: a secret rendezvous with a special Navy task force off the Falkland Islands, some 10,000 miles around the Horn and off in the South Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Voyage of Norton Sound | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

Strength of his Convictions. In Ross-on-Wye, England, John Wanklyn waited to appear in court for drunkenness, stepped out during the court's lunchtime adjournment, drank five pints of beer, four pints of cider, four shots of Scotch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 23, 1959 | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...Funster baseball team finished a strong third in the league. Led by former freshman captain Ron Peyton, who not only starred at bat, but pitched, the team included Tony Van Wye at first base, Cook at second, Bob Goldman at short, Mike Porder at third, George Buheler, catching, and Stove Lowey, Bill Dennis and Ted Rose in the outfield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster House Wins Straus Trophy | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

Dunster finished third in football, and first in touch football and second in soccer in the fall sports. Cohen, Ball, Jack Brophy, Herb Hoffman, Andy Ichiki, Wade, Boies, Peyton, and Dave Cavers played tackle. The touch team included Johnson, Cook, Van Wye, Spencer, and Requardt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster House Wins Straus Trophy | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

Basketball was a strong Dunster sport; the "B" team lost only one game, while the "A" team finished second after a playoff. The "A" team was led by Brophy, Oakley, Marv Arthurs, Whitney, Peyton, and Dewan, while Van Wye, Spencer, Walser, Bill Aaron, Hal Collard, and Bud Ingoldsby played for the "B" team. The hockey team, led by Cook, Bill Looney, Hank Feldman, Boies, Pete Frye, Mike Halberstam, Wehtje, and Pat Conmy, made a strong post-vacation finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster House Wins Straus Trophy | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

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