’twixt
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’twixt
/ twikst/
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contr. of
betwixt.
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Jockey Reins in Nerves, Sits Tight to Win Twixt; Seefeldt Eschews Whip for Star Minister
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/24/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...arms. With a possible $60,000 payday disintegrating in the Twixt Stakes, Seefeldt sat still and hoped. Her pose sent waves...Minister as the fillies reached the wire. Had the $100,000 Twixt been 20 feet longer, Gammy's Alden would have won. She finished...
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'Twixt Orthodoxy, Conservatism, Traditionalists Facing a Challenge
Newspaper article from: Forward; 3/3/2000; ; 700+ words
; Kessler, E.J. Forward 03-03-2000 'Twixt Orthodoxy, Conservatism, Traditionalists Facing a Challenge NEW YORK -- The Union for Traditional Judaism is nothing if not...
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'Twixt gifts and graft
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/30/2001; ; 700+ words
; DAN IZENBERG Jerusalem Post 04-30-2001 Headline: 'Twixt gifts and graft Byline: DAN IZENBERG Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 07 Monday, April 30, 2001 -- From 1980, soon after...
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Steppedoutofadream Wins Twixt Stakes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/7/2000; ; 610 words
; ...experiment by letting the horse drop back before making one late run. Bad idea, as they checked in third. For the $100,000 Twixt Stakes yesterday, Wilson went right to the front, rode Steppedoutofadream to the rail and stubbornly held off heavily favored...
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 "Express & Echo (Exeter UK)")
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Neighbourly road has just one gripe - all that traffic! ; Chancel Lane in Pinhoe would, at first sight, seem to be a pleasant and tranquil residential road twixt town and country, but all is not quite as it seems.
Newspaper article from: Express & Echo (Exeter UK); 4/16/2008; 700+ words
; Chancel Lane in Pinhoe would, at first sight, seem to be a pleasant and tranquil residential road twixt town and country, but all is not quite as it seems. Alan Pugh is retired and has lived there for 33 years. "It's not too...
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After Collision in Stretch, Hartigan Is Ruled Winner of the Twixt Stakes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...collided in the stretch run of the $50,000 Twixt Stakes yesterday and crossed the finish...ruling in a contested stakes race, but the Twixt could have gone either way and it wouldn...ve still got a quarter to go.' " The Twixt was the first of two stakes races scheduled...
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Reynolds Bumps Wumps for `Friend'; Jockey Forsakes Inexperienced Filly for Today's Twixt Stakes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/19/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...at Pimlico Saturday in the $100,000 Twixt Stakes, now that Reynolds has made plans...choice of mounts in stakes races, but the Twixt brought Reynolds little to belabor. Our...all fillies. Eight were entered in the Twixt, but long shot Starfly was withdrawn...
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In the Twixt Stakes, It's Your Out by a Head
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/2/2001; ; 519 words
; ...Maryland-bred stakes company yesterday, winning the $75,000 Twixt Stakes at Laurel Park. The Maryland 2-year-old filly champion...this season, finishing second in all three starts. In the Twixt, however, she found her best form, racing comfortably behind...
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By the time you read this I should be on holiday. I say "should" because in my soap-opera life nothing is ever certain. And, knowing the kind of year -- nay, decade -- I've just had, anything and everything is liable -- nay, certain-- to go wrong in the few days twixt now and then.
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 8/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...year -- nay, decade -- I've just had, anything and everything is liable -- nay, certain-- to go wrong in the few days twixt now and then. My personal life may be the culmination of an impressively extensive catalogue of errors, but it is the field...
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 "Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)")
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HOLOCAUST SINS FITTING STUDY FOR MODERN-ERA REALITIES, TOO | PEOPLE LEARNING DIFFERENCES 'TWIXT RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY | WHY SHOULD ANYONE BE UPSET AT SALE OF LINCOLN BEDROOM?
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 3/29/1997; 700+ words
; ...modern-era realities, too | People learning differences 'twixt religion, spirituality | Holocaust sins fitting study for modern...demand. Albert J. Dennis Aurora People learning differences 'twixt religion, spirituality Editor, The Beacon-News: On March...
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’twixt
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
’twixt / twikst / • contr. of betwixt.
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Fable for Critics, A
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...always keeps asking if I don't observe a Particular likeness 'twixt her and Minerva”); Irving (“To a true...Whittier (“A fervor of mind which knows no separation 'Twixt simple excitement and pure inspiration”); Poe...
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Radclyffe Hall
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...claimed that she was never in the slightest attracted to men. Hall wrote poetry from an early age. Her first volume of poems, 'Twixt Earth and Stars, was published in 1906. However, at that time, her main interests were hunting and travel. On August 22...
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Arbuckle, Roscoe ("Fatty")
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Clutches of the Gang (George Nichols); A Rebecca's Wedding Day (George Nichols); A Robust Romeo (George Nichols); Twixt Love and Fire (George Nichols); A Film Johnnie (George Nichols); Tango Tangles (Sennett); His Favorite Pastime (George...
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The 1950s: Lifestyles and Social Trends: Publications
Book article from: American Decades
...Conklin, ed., Science Fiction Thinking Machines (New York: Vanguard, 1954); Margaret Cussler and Mary Louise de Give, Twixt the Cup and the Lip: Psychological and Socio-cultural Factors Affecting Food Habits (New York: Twayne, 1952); Peter...
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