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Word: grimness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lazing along the banks of the Liffey back home. He stayed an easy third; suddenly, almost imperceptibly, he moved to second, then, with a lap and a half to go. he dug in. In that brief suggestion of his tremendous power, Delany passed Maryland's Burr Grim and won by 15 yds. His time: a creditable 4:09.4. It was Delany's 16th successive indoor victory (an achievement topped with the maraschino cherry of his spectacular 1,000-yd. and two-mile victories in the same evening a fortnight ago). There are many who think this performance puts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Loafing Champion | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

...team championships, held later the same day, the Crimson finished with a score of 1369 points, well behind M.I.T.'s winning total of 1417. Ronnie Grim's 28 was the best individual Crimson score in the team match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Warshaw Places In Rifle Tourney | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

...reiterated Communist propaganda that they were agents of the Horthy counterrevolution by addressing each other ironically as Baron, Count and Lord Bishop. It was said that those workers who had remained loyal to the People's Democracy-all six of them-had formed the Kadar government. There were grim jokes about children not getting their milk unless they surrendered their arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Spirit of Passive Resistance | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

Otherwise, the picture is grim, and the Bulldogs figure to continue frustrating Crimson swimming ambitions. For the past seven years Harvard has gone through Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League competition undefeated until the Yale meet, and for the past seven years the Elis have spoiled the perfect record. Yale has not lost a dual meet since 1945, and has not lost to the Crimson since 1938. The total score in the series stands Yale 27, Harvard...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Powerful Yale Swimmers Meet Varsity Today | 3/9/1957 | See Source »

...than Shaw, McLiam has put together a death scene that lasts for three out of three acts and that gives James Barton, who plays Pat Muldoon, the opportunity to die not once, but twice. For a play which makes some claim to be a comedy, this is all pretty grim...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: The Sin of Pat Muldoon | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

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