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Word: clutch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cebu, fairest and wealthiest island of the lovely Visayan Sea, lay helpless before the clutch of the Jap. For days the city of Cebu, second largest in the Philippines (pop. 142,912), had been all but deserted. The two movie houses were still showing outdated U.S. films; a few customers still tapped the dwindling supply of beer and whiskey in the Vienna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, THE PHILIPPINES: The Jap Moves Down | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

Danny Dannenbaum is another Bulldog swimmer who will be carrying Coach Kiphuth's fondest hopes on his shoulders when he enters the 150-yard backstroke. Although a "clutch" swimmer if there ever was one, he will probably be hard pressed by Ohio State's Mark Follansbee, Princeton's Tom Shand and Harvard's Bill Drucker...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: HARVARD PLAYS HOST TO TOPFLIGHT COLLEGE MERMEN IN NATIONAL MEET TODAY, TOMORROW | 3/27/1942 | See Source »

Sugarpuss is a lady who jives by night-a sort of songster-stripteuse in a nightclub. Unable to communicate his plan for syphoning off her jargon, Potts eventually gets his message across after being told to "shove in your clutch, Professor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jan. 12, 1942 | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

Studebaker '42s have 1) automatic shifting and elimination of clutch pedal, 2) iron-alloy pistons, 3) bulky, locomotive-like grilles, 4) one-piece curved windshield on some models. Studebaker will take it easy on prices, may not boost them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Newcomers | 9/8/1941 | See Source »

...Clutch that straw!--Ed. --The Daily Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 2/27/1941 | See Source »

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