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Word: halfway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Behind 5 to 8 at the halfway mark, the Crimson was pulled up by von Stade's six goals in the last two chukkers to clinch the battle at the finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polo Team Rides Down Elis After Tough Uphill Battle | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

...clock in the morning the prowler. Alfred T. Varney, was halfway through the window of a second story apartment when the occupant, a woman, saw him and started screaming. Stahley and a couple of companions heard him and stepped out to meet him. The thief came tearing down the fire escape and arrived on the ground just in time to run, with all his might, into a terrific punch from Stahley. He immediately fell to the ground and resigned himself to slumber...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skip Stahley Fells Burglar With His Powerhouse Punch | 2/2/1938 | See Source »

...desperate till Noah (Daniel Boone Savage), Sadie's discarded hillbilly swain, started taking pot shots at the troupe with a squirrel gun. Bearded Noah leaped at a chance to crush Joe's bones in public, winner take Sadie. Ed sent Joe in to lose, reversed his instructions halfway through the match when Madison Square Garden wired an offer. But when the troupe left, Loser Noah was Garden-bound, Winner Joe happy in the blacksmith shop with his admiring prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 17, 1938 | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

...cards to his nephew, but did remember giving his card to a plausible young German named Eugene George Weidmann. Eugene George Weidmann was discovered living at St. Cloud under the name of Siegfried Sauerbrey. Inspectors Poignant and Bourguin of the Paris police dropped in on him. Before they were halfway through the doorway Weidmann whipped out a pistol, wounded them both. Plunging ahead, they beat him into submission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: M. Landru's Successor | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

...team is reported standing second among eight teams at the halfway mark of the League season, with a record of three wins, three ties, and one loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Chess Makes Debut Among College Periodicals | 12/17/1937 | See Source »

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