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Word: third (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Willkie took then, as he still does, his thirst for argumentative ideas into his reading. He has always had great difficulty in finishing a book. A footnote in the first chapter sends him to another book, a second reference to a third, until, lounging on a couch, shoes off, he wallows happily in cascades of books. He has never read books in the usual sense-he argues his way through them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The Issue | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...finalists are top-seeded A1 Everts, who continued his string of straight victories by defeating third-seeded Norm Dalrymple 6-3, 6-1, and unseeded Dart Harvey, who beat Orme Wilson in a prolonged three-set match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvey, Everts to Play Finals In College Tennis Tourney | 10/19/1940 | See Source »

Harvard's third monater football rally in an many years will take place this afternoon in front of Dillon Field House at 4:45 o'clock. A procession will begin in the Yard shortly after 4 o'clock, headed by a handful of band-members and the cheerleaders, and will march through the Houses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELEVEN HOPES FOR SUPPORT AT RALLY | 10/18/1940 | See Source »

Bart Harvey, unheralded Sophomore dark horse, yesterday stole the show in the University tennis tournament by battling his way into the semi-final round, beating his classmate Jim Jenkins, 6-3, 4-6, 11-11, 6-4. The tie in the third set early in the week necessitated the final stanza being played yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Tournament | 10/17/1940 | See Source »

...remember back to 1937 when the first "Pins and Needles" began to tickle the D.A.R. and jab the vanishing Republican, the third edition may seem to lack the former non-professional glow. Now almost an institution, the I.L.G.W.U. boys and girls have outdone themselves, and are almost too good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/17/1940 | See Source »

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