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Word: wynn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Schnozzle Durante rushes about the stage much as usual, like a worried tornado; he works harder than any other comedian, except possibly Ed Wynn. He makes a most unorthodox-looking Romeo, whose wooing of Juliet (Ilka Chase) is more like a bombardment than a courtship. In the loudest clothes ever worn by a white man, he cuts loose with a song called A Fugitive from Esquire. As a harassed guide, he attempts to conduct some hooligans through the ''Modernist Room" of the Metropolitan Museum. As a harassed tree surgeon he takes the temperature and sap-pressure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Show in Manhattan | 6/3/1940 | See Source »

Burt and Gilkey were defeated by Stephens and Rutledge in the first doubles engagement, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; and Homer Peabody and Sonny Lyell lost to the Eli combine of Thorn and Kelly, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. Corey Wynn and Orme Wilson gave Harvard its only point in the number three doubles match by beating Ehrman and Blair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elis Trip Netmen 8-1 on Indoor Courts | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

Harvard took all of the doubles matches as the Lyell-Peabody, the Palfre-Stewart, and the Westheimer-Wynn combinations won in straight sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burt and Gilkey Lead Tennis Team to Triumph Over Brown | 5/17/1940 | See Source »

Chet Legg stepped into the number one role as he disposed of Millar of Tech, 6-3, 6-2, in the feature match of the day. Ross Lyell, Corey Wynn, George Hough, Orme Wilson, and Don Marvin all won their singles bouts for a 6 to 0 sweep for the Barnabymen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NETMEN CONQUER M.I.T. TEAM 8 TO 1 | 5/14/1940 | See Source »

Lyell defeated Braunlich, 6-2, 6-2; Wynn won from Freeman, 6-2, 8-6; Hough beat Kaneb, 6-3, 6-2; Wilson beat Samuels, 7-5, 6-1; and Marvin trimmed Herron, 6-1, 6-3. The Crimson netmen followed this up with wins in two out of the three doubles engagements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NETMEN CONQUER M.I.T. TEAM 8 TO 1 | 5/14/1940 | See Source »

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