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Word: blew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Residents of Eliot and Adams Houses were bothered by minor disturbances last night. An overloaded circuit in Eliot blew out about 6:20 p.m. and darkened a large part of the House for more than an hour. Rooms in I, J, K, and L entries were pitchblack, as well as the dining room and basement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Power Lack Blackens Eliot; False Alarm Annoys Adams | 12/9/1952 | See Source »

Collins claimed that residents of Hollis and other Yardlings who gathered when a sprinkler blew off on Hollis' top floor four weeks ago, stole a fire axe, a helmet valued at $16, and a tiller seat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chief Claims '56 Stole Equipment From Fire Truck | 12/2/1952 | See Source »

Bruce Munro accepted a cigarette and stretched back contentedly in one of the overstuffed armchairs in the Dillon Field House Lounge. He blew a cloud of smoke towards the follow with the camera who had just photographed the varsity soccer team and began reminiscing about the one really bright spot in the Harvard-Yale weekend, the booters' 3 to 2 overtime upset over the Elis...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/28/1952 | See Source »

Weather made driving dangerous all Saturday night. Gale winds blew from six to nine p.m., dropping to strong just after nine when the real downpour began. An inch and a half fell during the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Even Police Call Weekend 'Quiet' | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

...which a voter could not get a lift to the polls just by picking up < his telephone. In some towns he could get a free taxi ride, and in Rochester, N.Y. an ambulance was his for the asking, even if he wasn't sick. Orange City, Iowa blew its fire siren every hour on the hour to remind the apathetic that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Election Day | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

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