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Word: crimp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chance are trillions to one. In another test, a woman threw nearly a thousand runs, wound up with 382 hits above par. In still another, a woman performing under the supervision of her husband scored 77 hits above chance in 3,600 tries. The result which put the biggest crimp in Rhine's theory (and which he makes no attempt to explain) is that, though his crapshooters did not try to throw sevens, sevens also came up more often than could be accounted for by chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Crapologist | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

...mouth organ, or harmonica, has been a great comfort to U.S. soldiers in past wars. But priorities in metal have already put a serious crimp in the U.S. harmonica business. This war's comfort is more likely to come from two easily portable and nonmetallic instruments : the "sweet potato," or ocarina, and the tonette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: From Mud to Melody | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

...political grassfire had been ignited that might spread far beyond the Midwest prairies. If it continued to spread, it could put a serious crimp in the Fourth-Term boom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grass Roots Grassfire | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

Thus by concentrating only on price, one can prove that depressions are good for a nation and that booms are bad. The crimp in OPA's reasoning is, of course, that arguments about price levels must always be combined with attention to whether production of goods is rising or falling, and what kind of goods are being produced. The basic reason why all U.S. citizens must sacrifice now has little to do with prices, and everything to do with the fact that, despite record production for war, the supply of consumer goods is declining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: MYSTERY BLOCKS | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...injury put a crimp in Dartmouth's plan for season-long domination of the Eastern Hockey League. The brilliant forward line of Rondeau, Billy Riley and Bill Harrison has been broken, and the replacement may impair the efficiency with which this trio has slashed its way to the limelight in Eastern rink circles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREEN STAR HURT IN RINK PRACTICE | 1/25/1943 | See Source »

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