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Word: doormats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dean Academy proved a fine doormat for the last stand of the Jayvees. Although the prepaters had complied a record of 17 consecutive victories, they found college opposition too tough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stahl to Join Varsity Staff; Jayvee Squad Abandoned | 10/10/1942 | See Source »

...Britain's only uneasiness about the defense of the Singapore area last week was that the U.S. Fleet was not there. Even without it, Singapore (like Suez, which was also split away from its complementary force at Gibraltar) looked like anything but a doormat with Welcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: The Way to Singapore | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

...months Harold Ickes had worn down the White House doormat, trotting in & out with pleas, arguments, documents, plans and maps showing how much more economically, honestly, efficiently the projects could be managed if he could be the sole manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER: Ickes v. Norris | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

Harvard's basketball team was a doormat for E. I. L. clubs last year and seems destined for almost the same fate again. The Sophomore crop is far above average in everything but height, but that deficiency is apt to cost them a lot of games...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Crimson Hoopmen Suffer From Lack of Experience and Height | 1/16/1940 | See Source »

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