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Word: blowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Singlehanded, Leo Ernest Durocher has probably set sport's code of fair play back a hundred years. His fits of anger rise and blow away like gusty March winds over Greenpoint. He uses these gusts to advantage. Durocher's credo is: "You've got to win in this game, and how you do it isn't too important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Lip | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...that His Mother is a Jewess, the flower of the Jewish Race; that all His Ancestors were Jews; that the Apostles were Jews, as well as all the Prophets; finally that our holy Liturgy is entirely drawn from Jewish books. . . . Anti-Semitism ... is the most horrible blow yet suffered by Our Lord in His ever continuous Passion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Passionate Pilgrim | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

Pitchers Ralph Hymans, Bren Reilly, and Jack Wallace went three innings spiece, each doing the hurling for both teams. Hitting was restricted to spasmodic singles, Walt Coulson delivering the only extra base blow with a short double down the left field line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ball Team Moves Outdoors, Plays Practice Contest | 4/9/1947 | See Source »

...week's end the winds were beginning to blow. Between showers the sun shone fitfully and there was a moon for night plowing. As Eire's farmers drove their spades deep into the soggy earth, Eire's priests prayed for the fine weather to hold. "A grand campaign of prayer and work will save us," said Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: The Mourning After | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...report hit home? If so, it was a glancing blow. Some of the best papers regarded the commission's warnings as a challenge; others spoke up with more vehemence than penitence, and some of the worst chose to ignore the whole thing. Sample reactions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Professionals Reply | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

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