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Word: bitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...imagine the gentlemen in the Kremlin have high hopes this democracy will fail." President Conant ventured, "and if I were in their place I should seize every bit of evidence that tended to supports this view. I should eagerly await news that indicated the American people . . . had lost confidence in those historic principles which had guided their developments in the past...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Conant Scores Barnes Bill As Harbinger of 'Hysteria' | 2/10/1948 | See Source »

...made a perfunctory beginning as a Council insideman last Wednesday and just got my sheen off without really getting a chance to hop in and wade around a bit. "Perfunctory" because I was outbralled by a "colorful" speaker (Merwin K. Hart) in the chamber above and didn't learn that the three-ring Student Council show was aprogress below until a shirtsleoved and weary messenger appeared and gave me the word. Upon finally arriving at the scene of the plotting, I got into the feel of the thing a bit but rather expect that future Council meetings will be more...

Author: By Daniel B. Jacobs, | Title: Within the Council's Smoky Chambers | 2/10/1948 | See Source »

Hubble will know how to find the tiny bit of sky he wants to photograph. He will telephone instructions to an assistant down at the control desk; the massive telescope will swing almost silently. When Hubble is satisfied that it is pointed right, he will put a plate in the holder, watch through a microscope, and make careful minor adjustments while the scattered photons of nebula light (some of which have been traveling for a billion years) make their marks on the photosensitive emulsion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Look Upward | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

William Yandell Eliott, professor of Government, refused last night to discuss charges made last week by the Communist Daily Worker that he was the power behind the scene in American foreign policy, dismissing the attack as a "worthless and ridiculous bit of journalistic trash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elliott Ignores Daily Worker Charges of Policy Influence | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...already dim Crimson winter sports record became just a bit darker on Saturday when the Varsity wrestling team lost its first match of the season to a strong Army squad by the score of 18 to 11 in West Point's aged gymnasium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: West Point Pins Wrestlers, 18 - 11 For First Defeat | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

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