Word: dulled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opposing the proposition, "Resolved: That this house thanks God for the Atlantic," members of the Harvard Debate Council pointed out that "The Atlantic is a pretty inactive stretch of real estate," and "a dull, dirty ditch that prevents us from seeing each other as we really...
Seeger rolled the cuffs of his dull orange shirt above his elbows. He was dressed informally--blue pants and work shoes. (At the concert next evening he added a red tie and dark jacket...
Wild pitching and a considerable number of errors marked Harvard's otherwise dull 7-3 victory over Brandeis yesterday at the Waltham field. Both teams made three errors and the Brandeis pitching staff walked ten batters, pitched three wild pitches, and his batsmen three times. Nevertheless Harvard got only two of its ten hits in the last four innings...
...city-room earthquake rocked the morning San Francisco Chronicle, and 38 staffers disappeared from view, including Boy Wonder Editor Paul Smith (TIME, Dec. 22, 1952). Before the shakeup, the Chronicle had a studious and often dull international bent, a slipping circulation of 155,205 (down 20,356 in five years), and an annual deficit of $1,000,000. Last week, edited as though the world began at San Francisco Bay and ended at the Golden Gate, the Chronicle was proudly-and accurately-calling itself the nation's fastest-growing major daily both in ads and circulation...
...truck with upholstered seats; passengers climb aboard to wait until the plane is ready, are then hauled out to the ramp, where the lounge fastens to the plane's entrance door. Nobody has to move a muscle, though it could be dull...