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Word: elixir (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Octogenarian Bradley it was an elixir. Winner of four Kentucky Derbies, he has been living for the day when his green & white silks will again "get there the quickest," and thereby establish a record not likely to be broken. In Bimelech, whom he named after the Biblical warrior, Abimelech (dropping the A because it is an old Bradley custom to B-name all horses), Colonel Bradley has great faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mr. Big | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

...Regional Planning School has up and died--again. Last time was in 1936, when such a hubbub arose, and so much criticism fell upon the Administration from influential sources, that the corpse had to be disinterred a year later, revived with a liberal shot of University funds. But the elixir has been potent for only three years, and now, it seems, Regional Planning is slipping back into limbo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLANNERS WAKE | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

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