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Word: armed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American people showered them with rice, pinned them against the canopy in defiance of police lines, finally allowed them to get to their car. An elderly woman darted under the arm of a policeman and rapped peremptorily on the rear window. "All I want to do is shake hands with him," she told the cop defiantly. (The Veep rolled down a window and obliged.) Other women stormed into the church and briskly stripped the chancel of every last chrysanthemum, camellia and fern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: That's the American People | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...continent when it leaves Boston after a four-week run. At that time an entirely new Max Liebman revue will open at the Latin Quarter. The present show isn't completely successful, but with some betters material and more comedy, the experiment could easily be a shot in the arm for both drooping night clubs and show business...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: FROM THE PIT | 11/23/1949 | See Source »

...started to turn it off, but then stopped. He might as well hear the score. There was a loud caw from the radio at the kickoff. Vag paused for a moment, clutching the book in his hand, and jumped to his feet. He held the book at arm's length, released it, and kicked it in a neat line against the wall. Vag was in there now, and this was the one that counted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

...arm passer," rather than a Furse stand-up-and-throw passers--he generally fades or jumps before throwing. His throws, although not the flat passes that Yale used last year, are accurate and more often than not cover the distance between the scrimmage line and Jackson...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Eli Gridders Defy 'Injuries" for Harvard Tilt | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

...University of California in Berkeley last week, flags were flown at half mast, many students wore black arm bands and a large-sign on one fraternity house asked: "Are the Doors of Paradise Forever Closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: In Mourning | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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