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Word: towing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Recalled from his wedding trip after only three days, Marine Corps Captain Jimmy Roosevelt hove wanly to, with his bride in tow, in San Francisco. "It's pretty tough to have to break up a honeymoon like this," declared Jimmy, "but duty is duty." Duty: to Clipper at once to the Orient, leaving his bride behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 28, 1941 | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

...climbing out of the B ranking, but this latest Charlie Chan is different enough to be clever. Sidney Toler, Warner Olan's successor as China's Confucius-Sherlock Holmes combine manages to keep a boatload of psychopathic treasure hunters, a pirate ghost, and his number-two son well in tow. If you can see Chan. Even if you can't, see Hope--the dope...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 4/9/1941 | See Source »

...meantime, other members of the hexter club had scouted Mount Auburn Street and found their meeting place in front of the Lampoon building swarming with Yard Cops. A word to the mob if not to the law, and they were of for the river, effigy in tow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifth Columnists Almost Disrupt Hex Burning of Hitler in Effigy | 2/20/1941 | See Source »

...mile relay is capably handled by Bob Houghton, Rolla Campbell, Fred Phinney, and Bill Young. Bob McLoughlin; number tow cross-country man, is the outstanding miler, and two Sophomores, Don McCaul and Bob Troescher, are improving rapidly. Johnny Sopka, Tom McElligott, and Bob Kent are all seasoned cross-country veterans, and form the two-mile group...

Author: By Dana Reed, | Title: Jaakko Expects "Real Battle" In Saturday's Meet With Yale | 2/13/1941 | See Source »

Jumping is extremely popular also at the Holland Kelly Farm in Greenfield where the tow is operated by Strand Mikkelson, a former national champion jumper, whose somersaults delight the jumper, whose somersaults delight the onlookers. Both have performed in major sports centers, as have the native troop of professional skiers, Mikkelson, Shul and Pulaski. These men are now teaching two Greenfield girls who, as high school students, were jumping more than 150 feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEARBY SLOPES AVAILABLE TO SKIIERS AT PIONEER VALLEY | 2/8/1941 | See Source »

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