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Word: knew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days, frustrated Lawyer Hallinan tried by every trick he knew to rattle Schomaker, and found himself instead an unwilling straight man in Shoes Schomaker's comic routine. Hallinan tried to show that Shoes had too good a memory of events that took place years ago: "You even said Bridges got out on the left side of the car and you got out on the right." "I guess Bridges was more left than I was," cracked the witness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUDICIARY: Shoes on the Stand | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...train," Moncaster told his superior officers, "and I went to sleep. The next thing I knew, I was walking around a town seeing Russian soldiers on the street. At first the Russians didn't notice me, but on the third day they turned up at my girl friend's house and arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Lorelei & the Private | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...another $500,000 by proving some indiscretions with a brunette model named Francesca Simms in 1945. This irritated Antenor to the point of trying for a Paris divorce, but he soon discovered there would be considerable alimony involved. He wanted to try again in La Paz, where the judges knew him better, only to find that under existing Bolivian law he could get no divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Wives' Tale | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...grace of one touchdown, Notre Dame had won the national championship and finished its fourth undefeated season in a row. But the Irish had been in a football game and they knew it. Said Coach Frank Leahy: "The best team we've met all season . . . Kyle Rote is the most underrated back in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Best Team We've Met | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...Beneath Greasy's casual air, his sharp wit and his superstitions (he insists on being last to leave the dining room when his men are eating, last to leave the clubhouse, last out of the bus), lies a vast store of football know-how. He knew the kind of T-football he wanted: a combination of great power and flawless execution. In nine seasons with the Eagles, that is the kind he has developed-the prettiest and most deadly T-formation in the business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Eagles at Work | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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