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Word: dimly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pinney ran back a short Eliot kick to their 20 yard stripe, and from there cruised over for the six points. The try-for-point failed. From there on, playing short quarters, on account of the late hour, the battle see-sawed back and forth with Winthrop holding their dim edge to the last whistle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Football-- | 10/29/1941 | See Source »

...evening last week newsboys whipped through Tokyo's streets, warm papers under their arms. "Gogai! Gogai!" (Extra! Extra!) they shrilled. The Cabinet had fallen. Men peered at headlines in the dim light, then walked on, thoughtfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: End of Compromise | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

While Russian counteroffensive and counterattack proceeded vigorously in the center (see below), in the Ukraine things began to look dim for Joseph Stalin this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Peril in the South | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...night, as the sky glowed red with fire, the Russians gave a monster party near the jetty. Singing Russian songs, dancing to the music of balalaikas and accordions, Canadians, Norwegians and Russians fraternized. As the dim white midnight brightened into dim white dawn, the Russians picked up their belongings and went aboard the ship allotted to them. The British and Norwegians boarded their vessel. Slowly they steamed down the fjord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: ARCTIC REGION: Spitsbergen Party | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...Lightweight Champ Levy Jenkins got a collection of cuts and bruises when he lost control of his motorcycle in Hackensack, N.J., roared off the road and took a nose dive. // C.I.O.'s Phil Murray left the Pittsburgh hospital where he had been since a heart attack July 13. // Dim-witted Al Capone, 260 lb., is growing John Bull sideburns. // Columnist Sidney Skolsky announced that Judy Garland bites her nails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hollywood Dollar-Dolors | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

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