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Word: bottome (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...measurements that brought Miss Laughton the modern beauty prize are the same the ancients appreciated. HTW's Helen distributes 143 pounds over 5 ft., 10 in. Her vital statistics are 36"-26"-36," reading from top to bottom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Miss Massachusetts' Will Play HTW's Helen of Troy | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

...contemptuous campaign, contemptuous alike to our antagonists and to our friends. The Albany group proved themselves to be geniuses in the art of stirring up an avalanche of lethargy. No issue was stated or faced." What was needed, said Kelland, was a "housecleaning from top to bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: A Place to Stand | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

Touch football, classified as a minor sport, scores 35 points for entering, and 80, 35, 50, 40, 40, 30, 25, 20, and 15. Finally, cross country, a special sport, has no points for entry, and starting from the bottom, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 etc for as many teams as are entered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Straus Totals Show Deacons on Top; Eliot Second | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

This is the kind of role that Jimmy Stewart could play blindfolded, hog-tied and in the bottom of a well. He gives it all the best Stewartisms, and modestly allows adequate working room to Copilot Eddie Albert and half a dozen other skilled troupers (notably Roland Young and Willard Parker). As a comedienne, Joan Fontaine tries out a new set of mannerisms, most of which seem to have been borrowed from Jean Arthur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 22, 1948 | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...Trumbull eleven manipulated all the strings in the nether regions of Soldiers Field late yesterday afternoon, dangling Lowell House at the bottom of a 13 to 0 score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

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