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Word: conway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coach watched the big, clumsy kid flounder until he couldn't stand it any longer. He yanked him out of a freshman game a few weeks ago. "Your name's Conway, isn't it?" he asked. The kid's lip trembled. "Yes, sir," he replied. Said the coach: "Well, you're not playing like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Conway's Boys | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

When the digestive system begins to digest itself, the result is ulcers. Doctors have tried everything from soup substitutes to surgery, but have found no sure prevention or cure. Famed Physiologist Andrew Conway Ivy, vice president of the University of Illinois, has been experimenting for a dozen years or so with a hormone called enterogastrone, found in normal small intestines of men and animals. Finding that the hormone cured ulcers in animals, he began using it five years ago on human beings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hormones for Ulcers | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...slipping on an orange peel, or losing a collar button, or in the presence of a crying baby, an automatic piano, a political heresy, or an incompetent barber-then the ancient craft hath its high uses, and its sweet comforts, and its mild and consoling sinfulness. RICHARD NORRIS Conway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 25, 1948 | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

Then there's always the Skimobile at North Conway and the Aerial Tramway at Cannon Mountain, which provide passengers with magnificent views unobtainable at lower levels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow Novelties Entice Ski Misfits | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

...North Conway: 16-20 inches. Fair to Good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Report | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

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