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Word: marathons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Frey specializes in a fine forehand while Gordon's main forte is endurance. He will win most of the marathon matches this spring...

Author: By Humphrey Doermann, | Title: Varsity Netmen Face Tigers Today | 4/22/1950 | See Source »

...Marathon runners are lonely men. We stood on a hill in Newton and watched the first ten of them pass. Before the leader came running evenly up the hill the balloon salesmen and the ice-cream salesmen and the newsboys and the police had prepared things...

Author: By Rafael M. Steinberg, | Title: CABBAGES & KINGs | 4/21/1950 | See Source »

Only official vehicles could use the road. There were the State Police motorcycles, the Newton Police loudspeaker cars, and one car with oranges. ("Eat Babijuice oranges, All the Marathon runners use Babijuice oranges," the car's poster told...

Author: By Rafael M. Steinberg, | Title: CABBAGES & KINGs | 4/21/1950 | See Source »

...Yong Ham of Korea won the annual BAA marathon yesterday in 2:32:39; John Lafferty was the first American, at 2:39:52; and David L. Smith '51 was the first Harvard finisher, somewhere around 4:20. Smith was 71st...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smith, Knauth, Engstrom Also Ran BAA Marathon | 4/20/1950 | See Source »

...Bureau of Internal Revenue won another round in its marathon bout against so-called non-profit clubs which pay no income tax. Last week the California branch of the American Automobile Association lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, was told it must pay taxes back to 1943. If the decision is applied to all 750 branches of the A.A.A. with its 2,170,000 members, the total amount of taxes due could reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: No Club | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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