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Word: hadn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wilson's band did not contribute too much, for a very good reason: they hadn't slept for more than twenty-four hours. Vic Dickenson was delayed by train and didn't show up until the last half hour. As a result he didn't have any time to warm up before the session was over...

Author: By Eugene Benyas, | Title: SWING | 3/17/1943 | See Source »

...energetic Executive Editor John A. Malloy: "We are going to raise our price from 3? to 4? and we wanted to find something to help us over the bump. We were particularly interested in improving our circulation among young women-they're pretty important these days. We hadn't had anything like a lovelorn column since Beatrice Fairfax petered out about a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Shall I Have This Baby? | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...improvement in this short time was nothing less than sensational. Out of the 330 who hadn't been able to score above 75 in September, 128 could now do so. And 254 had improved their fitness by an average gain of 11 points on the Step Test. The average for the group was now 71, ranging from 30 to 95, instead of 63, ranging from 20 to 75, in September...

Author: By Melvin J. Kessel, | Title: '46 IMPROVES ON STEP TEST | 1/20/1943 | See Source »

When Herbert was asked his opinion about whether the college would resume its former functions after the war, he said it hadn't been crippled in the last forty years and never would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 44 Years as College Janitor, Herbert Knew Lowell, Eliot | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...rolled up his shirt sleeve with a flourish as he entered the small, very white room. When his eyes got used to the glare from the gleaming walls, Vag saw what he knew he should have expected, but hadn't. He counted them, five women lying on their backs on what looked like operating tables. He gaped at the black, serpentine rubber pipes that seemed to have risen out of small bottles and attached themselves to the women's arms. He watched intently as the red stuff seeped into the bottles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 1/6/1943 | See Source »

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