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Word: yardful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Quid Gloves. In London, Scotland Yard discreetly looked into the matter of a counterfeit ?1 note that turned up in the bar of the House of Commons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 6, 1959 | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

Against the less seasoned players of M.I.T., Harvard pushed over three touch downs and made a conversion, winning 11-0. The "three-quarters" or backs were spectacular. Ted Frembgen put Harvard into the lead in the second half, and Langy Kavaliku, Harvard's outstanding player, followed with two thirty yard touchdown runs, one on a pass from Hal Churchill. Graham Russell kicked the conversion. Getting excellent play from its relatively inexperienced forwards, Hank Keohane in particular, the Crimson edged Amherst in the final round, 3-0. Dave Holmes produced the winning tally on a 25 yard run. Capt. Churchill felt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Rugby Wins in Bermuda | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

...four or five men. To mount last week's concert, Price had to rent some of his gaudier noisemakers, but one favorite set of instruments he already had on hand: the eight Ford and Chevrolet brake drums that he picked up two years ago in an automobile junk yard. Still missing from the ensemble's instrument list: the jawbone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Variations on a Brake Drum | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...academic difficulties, several Crimson swimmers will not make the trip. Consequently, Coach Bill Brooks will field only a hard-core squad consisting of those with good chances for individual honors. Leading this group are Jim Stanley in the 100 and 200-yard breast stroke and Bruce Hunter in the sprints...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/25/1959 | See Source »

Hunter faces a host of nationally ranked sprinters in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle, but as with Stanley, a supreme effort plus luck could bring a first place to the Crimson: A new dark horse in the 100-yard butterfly is varsity captain John Hammond, now recovered from his sinus attack...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/25/1959 | See Source »

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