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Word: horsed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The story obliges the handsomely dressed Fonda to sprawl headlong twice over Miss Stanwyck's legs, tumble across a sofa and land with his face in a plate of hors d'oeuvres, take a drenching of hot coffee, receive a mess of roast beef and gravy in his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Mar. 10, 1941 | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

Like a Fuller Brush salesman, Mr. Madigan has been canvassing the little towns behind the Berkeley hills, touting his track to Lions clubs and other horse-hungry groups. Among the novelties he touted: a towering, three-tiered grandstand (only one in the U. S.), with a clear view of the finish line from every one of its 13,000 seats; a saddling paddock in front instead of behind the grandstand; a circular bar (with free hors d'oeuvres at 4 o'clock sharp) overlooking San Francisco Bay; "elephant trains," salvaged from the Exposition's dismantled Treasure Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Golden Gate | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

First commentator heard on the CBS roundup from England was Ed Murrow. Said he: "This is Trafalgar Square. The noise you hear at the moment is the sound of the air-raid siren." Calmly Murrow described the searchlights stabbing the London sky, the muted traffic, the shelter beneath St. Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: London After Dark | 9/2/1940 | See Source »

> Disdaining fancy goods for 1940, Sears toned down its hors d'oeuvres page, substituted more staple canned goods: fruits, ham, chicken a la king, salmon.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: National Bargain Week | 7/29/1940 | See Source »

Both Keyes and Gene Lovett showed improved hitting, collecting two each along with Burgy Ayres, Buckley and Regan. As a result of divisionals Seniors are hors de combat until the Cornell invasion Friday.

Author: By John W. Ballantine, | Title: Alumni Take Batsmen In Practice Game, 5-3 | 5/2/1940 | See Source »

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