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Word: staying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...members of the University team who are to run in the I. C. A. A. A. A meet on Monday, November 25, did not race, in order that they may stay rested...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CURRIER, FOOTE WIN HONORS IN ANNUAL CROSS COUNTRY RUN | 11/16/1929 | See Source »

...left end. Douglas was not at practice because of slight injuries sustained last Saturday but it is rumored that when he returns Harding will have his job. The remainder of the team was the same as that which faced the Wolverines and the chances are that it will stay that way for the last two games. Mays and White are working out daily with the first team and although neither will be in the starting eleven, both will be kept on the side-lines as a constant threat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRONGEST TEAM WILL FACE PURPLE | 11/13/1929 | See Source »

...Government's case was weak because: 1) the Government could not prove that the mongooses had been imported. They were bought two years ago for $40 each from a reputable animal dealer; 2) both were males, which eliminated any chance of multiplication. While Zoo officials obtained a stay of execution and the lawyers sought the right to defend the condemned, St. Louisans flocked to see a mongoose. Fed on horse, goat and cow meat by Zoo-man George P. Vierheller, the two martyrs grew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: St. Louis Mongooses | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...rushed out on the field, where a fight ensued for the possession of the trophy. After a long tussle, the original owners emerged victorious; but Minnesota was irate. Finally, after discussion, it was decided that the little brown jug should go to the winner of the annual game, to stay in that college's possession for the next 12 months. Ever since them, although the Gophers do not hold their former position of natural rivals, there is always much ado about the jug, and the festivities of the Gopher-Wolverine game hold a high place in the minds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Duke" Dunne, Horween's Right Hand Man, Tells Story of Minnesota and Michigan Rivalry Over "Little Brown Jug" | 11/9/1929 | See Source »

...usual bridge and poker games, the trip so far has run as smoothly as would be expected with Harvard's far famed management in charge. Only one cloud hangs over the scene, Eddie Farrell, Harvard's veteran track coach and trainer of the football squad, having been forced to stay behind with what looked very much like incipient appendicitis...

Author: By V. O. Jones, | Title: HORWEEN DRILLS ELEVEN ENROUTE | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

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