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Word: won (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...great and consistent kicking despite the handicap of rain, and for his substantial ground gaining, Bob Peters won the honor of being the only Princeton representative. Gaining a total of ten votes, he nosed out such close contenders as Hank Mazur, who scored Army's lone touchdown against Harvard, and Erni Savignano, Brown's spark-plug...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY LETTERMEN CHOOSE ALL-OPPONENTS ELEVEN | 12/4/1940 | See Source »

...Brien of Dartmouth gained the left-tackle spot over Kelto of Michigan and Yard of Penn, while the captain of the Big Green, Lou Young, won out over such stalwart contenders as Sukup and Fritz of Michigan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY LETTERMEN CHOOSE ALL-OPPONENTS ELEVEN | 12/4/1940 | See Source »

Cape Burnam and Al Bartholemy, who featured an otherwise stale Yale team, were the sole Elis to gain spots on the team. Burnam won the right-guard post over Sukup of Michigan by two votes, while Bartholemy got the nod over Krieger of Dartmouth by the same slim margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY LETTERMEN CHOOSE ALL-OPPONENTS ELEVEN | 12/4/1940 | See Source »

...these and other experts of the lens is Holly wood's well-guarded secret. But many an idol stays at the top of the heap because of their magic. They know they must avoid oblique angle close-ups of Clark Gable so that his sugar-bowl ears won't predominate. They quickly learn that a new comer like Ingrid Bergman must be shot from the left as her face is expressionless from the other side. They are careful with close-ups of older beauties like Claudette Colbert and Marlene Dietrich, keeping them motionless to conceal the wrinkles that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Picture Man's Picture | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

Prennie Willetts captains the team, and with him there are nine other men who won their II against Yale last March. Of these, however, two are new unable to play because of scholastic difficulties, thus cutting down to eight the number of experienced operatives upon which Hodder can rely...

Author: By John C. Buijard, | Title: GRADUATION, PROBATION ARE FELT AS HODDERMEN SHAPE UP | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

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