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Word: blockings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three pairs of rubbers, 16 lipsticks and a set of red plastic measuring cups turned up at the sale. So did two raincoats and a pair of pocketbooks, but their owners rushed in from lunch in time to rescue them before they went on the block...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annex Haberdasher | 10/27/1948 | See Source »

About 38.000 College alumni will receive brochures backing a utilitarian war memorial. The last minute attempt to block a $60,000 plaque as Harvard's World War H memorial was started last night by the Student Council, the Crimson Key Society, and the House committees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alumni to Get Brochure in Final Fight Against Plaque | 10/26/1948 | See Source »

...Jewelry and sequins blaze as distractingly as small klieg lights. Large hats block the best efforts of studio electricians. Patent leather shoes and satin dresses have a more unattractive glow than a shiny nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: No Patterns, Please | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...scouting report shows the Indians have a weak by-line so we plan to split their infinitive and block their metaphors," tongued the old master, hers do combat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime Reveals?-Formation Today | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

...some miniature wooden stands and observe critically. The Varsity starts a play. "One, two, three, four, SHIFT, five, six, seven. . ." and the ball is centered. I don't see it again until everybody stops running. "How to go Hal!" mutters one of the sports writers. "Noonan missed his block," says another...

Author: By Joel Raphaelson, | Title: Off The Cuff | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

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