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Word: closers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...touchstone of the Taft-Hartley law, the 81st Congress was closer political kin to the 80th than it was to Harry Truman. By the touchstone of what his political opponents had said he could or could not achieve, Harry Truman had won quite a bit, though it was not nearly as much as he had asked or as he had promised to get. Said he, perhaps mindful of the do-nothing days of early summer: "You know, I'm happy about the record of Congress. It accomplished more than I expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Record | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...three center parties the Popular Republicans have the sharpest fear of parliamentary dissolution and new elections (the Popular Republicans anticipate wholesale defections to the Gaullists). By a majority vote the deputies could bring about dissolution at any time, and the longer the crisis went on the closer came the specter of dissolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Crackers & Chocolate | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...current must rise suddenly and die away slowly. Such "pulses" must be about two-thousandths of a second long. The pause between pulses must be timed to the natural swimming motions of the fish. Since little fish move their tails faster than big fish, the pulses must come closer together (about 20 per second) to catch little fish. A current with two pulses per second catches big ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Pied Piper of Hamburg | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

Bearing in mind the two heart-breakers of 1947 (14-13) and 1948 (14-7), to day's game figures to be somewhat closer than the odds maker would have it. Both teams are pretty much the teams of last year. The string may run out on Dartmouth today, though Valpey commented last night, "We'll do our best, but I can't promise anything...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Dartmouth in Town Again for 53rd Meeting As Crimson Seeks First Win of 1949 Season | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

...freshman race was closer than the varsity, although the Green took four out of the first five spots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity, 1953 Harriers Lost To Dartmouth | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

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