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Word: dubiously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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They marched (in ragged formation), played (in dubious harmony), formed letters (an E), and finally serenaded the Eliot side of the field

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Tops Eliot by 14-7; League in Tie | 11/12/1948 | See Source »

After coffee in the living room, the dubious guest excused herself, claiming she would use her evening of pro studying for an hour exam. Her bewildered dinner partners concluded "Only a Lampoon man could have done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clothes Make the 'Woman' | 11/9/1948 | See Source »

...Tories' best argument is that it would be dangerous to monkey with steel in a time of world crisis. In private hands, the industry is flourishing, producing more ,than ever before. Many right-wingers within the Labor party are extremely dubious about nationalization. Recently one Laborite M.P., Ivor Thomas, 42, M.P. for Keighley, resigned from the party rather than support the government's program. Speaking from the opposition benches last week, Mr. Thomas said: "The most obvious result of the government's activities in the past three years has been an immense concentration of power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Here They Come! | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

Songs entered in previous years have dwelt on the proximity of Harvard, and the relationship between the two colleges. But last year's winning song, "O Wellesley Has A Muddy Lake" delineated the dubious charms of other women's colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contest Head Picks Judges Of Song Fest | 11/4/1948 | See Source »

...officiating of Saturday's contest only aided and abetted the already dubious ethics of the Cadets. One of these hawk-eyed aces, who goes under the improbable name of Phillip E. Genthner, should be spending his Saturday afternoons at home in an easy chair lisetning ever a radio rather than taking the taxpayer's money to act as lineman for the U.S. Army...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 10/19/1948 | See Source »

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