Word: twickenham
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Marlow. Columbia's 150-lb. crew, in England for the famed Henley race, last week won a practice race from the Twickenham Rowing Club over the Henley distance (|⅞ mi.), at Marlow on the Thames...
...Royal House of Braganza-Coburg was deposed in the person of King Manoel II. He now resides at Twickenham, near London, on his pleasant estate, Fulwell Park...
...born at Twickenham, England, haunt of Poet Alexander Pope. For decades he squandered huge sums extracted from various titled persons or realized from the sale of his estates. He attempted to enlist in the French army during the War but was refused. Under French law "the privilege of defending the Republic is denied to the sons of families that have reigned over France...
Some 30,000 Englishmen, including George Windsor, better known by his first name, went to Twickenham. There they witnessed what they testified to be one of the most thrilling "rugger" matches ever held between Oxford and Cambridge Universities...