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Word: lightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Little White House. By 10 o'clock Harry Truman was in bed. Clark Clifford, who padded around barefoot sporting a three-day beachcomber's beard, explained contentedly, "We're getting more fun out of just sitting. My feet are getting so tough I can light a match on them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Season In the Sun | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Freddie Mills is a British boxer, one of the best. A light heavyweight, he had just kayoed Champ Johnny Ralph to win South Africa's heavyweight crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: A Matter of Courtesy | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...purpose of Harkness' gift to Harvard seems to have been to spur Yale officials into seeing his point of view. He tacitly threatened them that he would continue to finance Harvard projects if they wouldn't accept his gift of the colleges. Apparently Yale official-dom saw the light, for Angell was soon expounding the college plan to alumni meetings. Shortly thereafter he announced the acceptance of Harkness' gift...

Author: By Sedgwick W. Green, | Title: Harkness Gave Houses as Spur for Yale's 'Colleges' | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...Haven for only half a year and is fast becoming a legend. His prodigious appetite, his great girth, the license plate that says "HICK," and the famous stories about the folks back home all eat up news inches, while the Yale team forges ahead undisturbed by the intense light of relentless publicity...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Herman Hickman: Big Bright Bulldog | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...they were still, Vag was off down Mt. Auburn on the run, leaping to touch the magenia flags with his fingertips. "Har--vard!" he called to the clear New England sky, but it didn't blanch. The people didn't turn around, doors didn't fly open; the traffic light went casually from green to yellow. "Har--vard," Vag called once again, and then slowed to a walk. Doesn't anybody care? he wondered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

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