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Word: downers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Patricia, a cheery, blue-eyed blonde, is a girl who likes to play the piano, sing mezzo-soprano, play golf and watch the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. She hopes to go to Milwaukee-Downer College. She doesn't date much ("I've concentrated on scholarship"). When Patricia got word that she had won, her mother was more excited than she was. "Golly, was she excited," says Patricia. "I suppose I won't get excited until tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best by Test | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Cleanup. In Bayport, N.Y., Burton J. Downer cleaned out his attic, left some old clothes on the doorstep for the junkman, days later got them back from the laundry with a $9.54 cleaning bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 6, 1946 | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

...improvement over last weekend shown by many of the Crimson harriers, despite the poor conditions. Mark Tuttic and Henry Mason, who finished second and third, chopped several seconds from their times, while Jim Foley, who finished behind Mason, was a minute better. Ray Brown, Ben Coggins, Cliff Downer and Mat Dick also improved on last week's performances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHILLIPS OF TUFTS LEADS IN CROSS COUNTRY RACE | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

Bill Palson led the list of Harvard high-scorers, capping the 1000 at 2:26.4, while his teammates Tim Coggeshall and Cliff Downer followed closely in the same event in a brilliant sweep which put the Crimson well out in the lead. Substantial scores had already been piled up by Jack Hunter and Eddie Smith by their action in the hurdles, plus the swift stepping of Moe Young in the dash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUNNERS BEAT ANDOVER MEN | 2/25/1943 | See Source »

...foll of dead stood early this morning at 487, with many still un-identified and at least 200 still on the daugher list. Among the fatalities was Gerald W. Downer '36, winner of the 100-yard dash at the Heptagonals six years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO COLLEGE CASUALITIES ADDED TO PREVIOUS LIST | 12/1/1942 | See Source »

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