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Word: effortlessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Demonstrating a brand of play unknown in the United States, the Russian hockey team scored at 3:02 of the opening period and was never headed as it went on to score an effortless 11-1 win over the Crimson last night at Boston Garden...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Russian Sextet Defeats Crimson, 11-1 | 1/13/1959 | See Source »

Humiliating Ride. Under these circumstances. Lady L. knew what she had to do and she did it-as the horrified Sir Percy learns at book's end. Despite the grisly finish, Novelist Gary tells Lady L.'s story as slickly and amusingly as if it were an effortless potboiler between more serious efforts-which for him it probably is. But underneath the fun it is also plain that Gary is taking some familiar types for a humiliating ride-all those who love humanity so much that they cannot love people, who can give everything to a cause except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Never Love an Idealist | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...best victories are the ones so well prepared that they come easy and seem effortless. Such a victory did Charles de Gaulle win last week. Within one month of earning his overwhelming election mandate, he used that triumph to put himself clearly on top, and clearly in charge, both in France and in Algeria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Winner & Champion | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

...performers on the whole came through clearly; though one was frequently aware of their striving for clarity, which they must eventually overcome. Clarity should seem effortless...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: A Summer Drama Festival: Tufts, Wellesley, Harvard | 9/18/1958 | See Source »

Despite some low-flying airplanes, the performers on the whole come through clearly; though one is frequently aware of their striving for clarity, which they must eventually overcome. Clarity should seem effortless...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Merchant of Venice | 7/31/1958 | See Source »

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