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Word: hards (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Contrite Heart. In Wichita Falls, Tex., a hard-pressed citizen beat up his wife, then repentantly drove her to the police station where she had him jailed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 14, 1949 | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

This does not mean that the present Council or any other Council generation is totally guilty of its own sins of omission. A major cause of chronic inaction is the very nature of Council elections. For although the '48-'49 Council has worked hard and long, its life span is only one year: it has had to learn its job from scratch, and the '49-'50 Council will also have to begin at the beginning. In addition, the hijinks often necessary to win elections sometimes mean that the best men do not get the Council seats. These troubles exist wherever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Out of the Slump | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

...combination of rotten officiating and B.U. over eagerness to win was the difference between hard, clean hockey and the Hogan's Alley style on display in the second and third periods at the Arena...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Varsity Hockey Team Trips B.U., 10-8, in Arena Brawl | 2/10/1949 | See Source »

...these from the 15 poems of German Poet Rainer Maria Rilke's The Life of the Virgin Mary (Das Marienleben), he determined to set them to song. But the first performance of Marienleben, 25 years ago, was not, even Hindemith admitted, "a sensational success." Jagged with octave jumps, hard-to-land-on intervals of sevenths and ninths, and grinding dissonances, his high-tensioned 70-minute song cycle was even more difficult to sing than to listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Noble Music | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

Quick on relexes and deceptive play, Wister Wood, from Penn Charter School, ranks as fourth. Captain Sam Hear, who wins with hard serves and powerful drives, completes the squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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