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Word: finests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Christianity. To nail it all down, old Judge Armstrong demanded a new five-man board of trustees, provided that he would name three of them himself. Among his candidates: old (75) George Van Horn Moseley, onetime major general in the U.S. Army, who had once trumpeted that "the finest type of Americanism can breed under [Fascist and Nazi] protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Storm in Mississippi | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Rovhe played one of the finest games of his career. His punting was the best he has shown all fall; his six boots averaged out to 41 yards--including one that went 96 yards, another that travelled 60, and a 30-yard quick kick which was partially deflected...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Crimson Stops Holy Cross, 22-14, for First 1949 Victory; West and Roche Spark Offense | 10/30/1949 | See Source »

...Movie Crazy," an early talkie, brings back one of the first and finest silent comedians, in one of his last and best productions. Harold Lloyd, the man who invented horn-rimmed glasses, lurched and fumbled his way to an improbable success in film milestones like "The Freshman," against competition from such adept funnymen as Buster Keaton and Chaplin himself. "Movie Crazy" shows what happened when sound hit the screen, and the champions of the gestured word had to adjust. Most of the time, they didn't bother...

Author: By Aloysius B. Mccabe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

...lone brightspot is the return of wingback Hal Moffie, the Crimson's finest breakaway runner and punt returner. Moffie, however, has not seen game action since he was injured on the third play of the Stanford game, and cannot be expected to perform at top efficiency...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Dartmouth in Town Again for 53rd Meeting As Crimson Seeks First Win of 1949 Season | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

Without the sobering sight of Vienna, a tourist attending the Salzburg Festival would tend to overlook the dilemma of Austria, for there he would hear one of the world's finest orchestras, some of the best singers, and see good theater in a city which lost only its railway station in the war. Openly buying at the blackmarket exchange rate, he might not notice that lemons are unobtainable because the legal rate of 10 schillings to the dollar is prohibitive to Italian exporters. He would not realize that Austria is a thoughfare for refugees from Eastern Europe. He would...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: Conquered Europe Rebuilds in Troubled Ruins | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

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