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Word: lesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best world tournament performance to date, the U.S. nationals crushed East Germany last Friday, 9 to 2, to clinch a spot in the six-team, round-robin finals. Captain Bill Cleary, his brother, and Owen all scored for the Americans. The three ex-Crimson aces have been less effective since then, as the U.S. teams has absorbed two straight lickings by the Russians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Varsity Aces Star for U.S. Sextet | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

...eliminated Navy's fourth man, John Harmuth, in the semifinals, and he also defeated number five Midshipman John Lattimer in the championship tournament. These losses along with Wally Stimpson's consolation conquest of Navy captain Tony LaSalla, would seem to give strength to the feeling that Navy is vastly less effective away from its steamy, noisy, cramped courts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Davis Triumphs In Squash Meet | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

Other praise was less pronounced. One member thought the music was "great for snowing dates," but he admitted that he had been dateless last Friday. His companion noted that record players placed in barns cause hens to lay more eggs, but he was unsure what the corresponding effect might be in Kirkland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Music With Your Meal' Causes Minor Discord in Kirkland House | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...experiment in treating Kirkland House diners to music during last Friday evening's meal met with vehement and mixed reaction from House residents polled at a music-less dinner last night. The prandial serenade, emanating from three strategically placed, borrowed speakers, was the fruit of an idea born to the Kirkland House Committee last fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Music With Your Meal' Causes Minor Discord in Kirkland House | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

Reactions were not all impassioned. The last Deacon questioned, after a suitable period of contemplation, announced, "I couldn't care less...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Music With Your Meal' Causes Minor Discord in Kirkland House | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

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