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Word: gagnon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cocking a purposeful eye across the border at John L. Lewis (see p. 17), His Majesty's diligent Crown Prosecutor Oscar Gagnon declared in Montreal last week: "Sitdown strikes are illegal in Canada. If one move is made to break any Canadian law, Lewis or anyone else will be taken into custody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Mounties v. Sit-Downs | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

...third game, the teams moved to Montreal, where "Les Millionaires," the Canadiens' famed cheering club, occupies the same block of seats at all their games. A temperamental team, which in streaks this season has been the best in the game, the Canadiens suddenly recovered their touch. Johnny Gagnon put the first goal through in the first period. In the second, Detroit's goalie Norman Smith, whose arm had been temporarily numbed during a scramble in the first period, signaled for a substitute and young Jimmy Franks skated out to take his place. Franks was good but not quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stanley Cup: Apr. 5, 1937 | 4/5/1937 | See Source »

...series at 2 to 1 in favor of Chicago it seemed almost certain that the fourth game would also be Chicago's. Instead, after being two goals behind at the end of the first period, one behind at the end of the second, the Canadiens, with burly Gagnon and long-waisted Lepine playing like madmen, won the game 4 to 2, evened the series. Now it was the Black Hawks who had their hearts in their skate-boots, the Canadiens who were confident. With their cheering section, called the "Millionaires,"- chanting their battlesong "Les Canadiens Sont Là" (Tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hockey Final | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

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