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Word: finishing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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There can be no question as to the merit of Blanche Yurka's production of "The Wild Duck". From start to finish it is admirably set forth. Well cast, well staged, and with somewhat more of real life instilled into it through fine directing than is the lot of most Ibsen plays, it deserves the praise which all those who have seen it have showered upon...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/21/1929 | See Source »

...times before holing out at lunch time. Hagen, wind or no wind, dropped back to his steady 75 pace, and held it during the afternoon. Diegel needed a 70 to tie, another 69 to win. He took 77, and dropped behind U. S. Open Champion Johnny Farrell (294) to finish third with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: British Open | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

When the first crew failed to match the terrific sprint of its two rivals on the Severn last Saturday and breezed in nearly a length behind, there was a solid conviction in the minds of the spectators that a well directed finish by the Harvard oarsmen would have forced their opponents to crack, so close were they to the breaking point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREWS ENTER TRAINING GRIND FOR YALE RACES | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...Reid '29 was another double winner taking first in the mile and in the two mile. The canny Harvard leader try to pull J. O. Wildes '29 and Leslie Flaksman '29 over the finish line behind him in the two events respectively, and, failing in this, was extended to finish ahead of Rick in the mile and Butterworth in the two mile, a pair of Green dark horses who fooled the experts by their running...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Spikemen Bow in Meet Featured by Startling Upsets | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...broad jump, the hammer, and the javelin that the Crimson picked up most of its unexpected points. In the running leap Canby and Donner of Dartmouth were supposed to finish in that order, but W. C. Rowe 81 surpassed his previous mark with 22 feet 9 1-8 inches and an inch advantage gave A. E. French '29 a second over Canby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Spikemen Bow in Meet Featured by Startling Upsets | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

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