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Word: browed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...story is the same for the rest of the free-stylers: lots of promise, but nothing concrete just yet to smooth the furrowed Ulen brow. Frank Powers will be a good middle-distance man--eventually. Johnny Quinlan and Freddie Griffin are expected to be good for a lot of seconds in the 50 and 100. "One-Breath" MacMaster needs more time for faster 50's. Distance men Ed Hewitt and Bob White are both pluggers who seem to thrive on work, but they've got to show results soon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/15/1938 | See Source »

...future when a man behaves in a criminal manner, we will not say he is crazy or vicious. . . . Instead we will know that too much pyruvic acid has accumulated in his thalamic cells, or that there is no cocarboxylase, a high-brow term for Vitamin BI, operating in his thalamus. We will be able to tell that he did not grow enough association neurones descending from his cortex, so that now he does not deliver enough acetylcholine to his mid-brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Biochemist's Boast | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

...brow view, most artists are screwy. In any view, two of the screwiest living artists are Painter Salvador Dali and Actor Harpo Marx. It is natural that two such surrealists should be fast friends. Early last year, while visiting in Hollywood, Dali sketched his friend Marx in pastels. Last week the odd result was hunting a buyer in San Francisco. Agent Julien Levy's price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Dali's Harpo | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

...frown creased the Hawaiian's bronzed brow. "I'm worried about my car," he said. "A fellow told me I wouldn't need any anti-freeze, and on his advice I poured a couple of cups of coffee from the Union into the radiator and called it quits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "I Love It; It's So White," Says Lad From Hawaii at First Sight of Snow | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

...Haff, Eliot end who snatched a pass one-handed Tuesday, almost got away for a score before the half when he caught a long one tossed by Brow, but was nailed by "Ringer" Wiley Mayne on a shoestring tackle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans, Deacons Eke Out Slim Wins, Tie for First at House Football Finish | 11/4/1938 | See Source »

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