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Word: comebacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...store. I am forced modestly to admit that I was pretty good last week. The amount of money I saved Princeton men (I'm not one to bear grudge) ran into four figures, not counting dollar sings and decimal points. Mine has well been called the most sensational comeback since Sheridan's return to the Union army at Winchester. (N.B.--All historical references are supplied by Joe, Jr, a bright little chap...

Author: By Jee Forecast, | Title: JOE FORECASTS THWARTED IN PLAN | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

...hands of a Dartmouth team. The score, 16 to 0, represented the worst beating a Harvard football team had taken since 1907. With the advent of the ensuing lean years on the Stadium gridiron Dartmouth continued to carry off football triumphs until last year's last minute comeback enabled the Crimson to interrupt the string of Big Green successes. By Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gridiron Ghosts | 10/22/1927 | See Source »

...sole boast to uniqueness that this combat might have had is in the characters of the principals. One was touted--to the death--as a student prince; the other made an odd comeback to popularity by emphasizing those qualities which once made him an unpopular champion--brute force and a marvelous thickness of skin as regards what the public had to say concerning him. The gentlemen met before, in Philadelphia, and each would have been much happier were the other dear charmer away. Their second encounter proved more interesting, in its preliminary bombast, than the first; due to the burst...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MANASSA MELODY | 9/23/1927 | See Source »

...jealous fellow-writers recently fastened upon him. He puns along stoutly, just to show what he cares for humor. " 'If you do,' " he remembers a laundress retorting to one of his advances, " 'I will be hot under the collar.'" And he unblushingly sets down his comeback: "'Underwear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Stomach Hake | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

...opinion the challenger is sure to come from his side of the elimination tournament which is being run by promoter Tex Rickard. Dempsey is the leading contender on the other side, but the Boston boxer believes that the former champion will not succeed in his "comeback" attempt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Modesty Essential in Pugilist, Maloney Finds--South Boston's Favorite Son Can't See How Gene Can Escape Him | 3/30/1927 | See Source »

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