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Word: bitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then, as Toga was led out, Politis grabbed his tongue with his left hand, pulled it out as far as he could and came up hard under his jaw with his right fist. His teeth bit right through his tongue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: No Telltale Tongue | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...Tsaousis, Security Police director: "this is a measure of how fanatically Communist he is. I've noticed that some men begin to talk after only five days' solitary confinement. Politis was solitary for a long time, and when he found he could contain himself no longer, he bit his tongue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: No Telltale Tongue | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...lame excuse. Perhaps we all are not honor students, but please give us credit for a reasonable amount of intelligence. Unfortunately I have at one time or another become quite intimate with the Cambridge police. A week ago the desk sergeant down at Central Square gave me the following bit of information: He could not understand why that parking area should be a fire hazard at night and not in the day. After all, less fires start from cigarettes when the students are asleep. During the daytime students are in class, taking their car keys with them, whereas at night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Parking Analysis | 10/28/1948 | See Source »

...book section this week appeared a pertinent insert by a distilling company. After receiving hundreds of inquiries and orders pertaining to the Kinsey Report, which is published in Philadelphia, Philadelphia's Kinsey Distilling Corp. finally decided that it was time to set the record straight-and get its bit of publicity besides. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: No Kin | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...other fronts, Jaakko Mikkola's cross country aggregations bit the dust--the Varsity by a 151/2-471/2 score and the Freshmen by 24-31. Henry Lamar's Freshmen saved the Crimson's football face by stopping Exeter 19-0, the Yardlings' first win of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekend Washout | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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