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Word: lightweight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Kings Row" drags fearfully at times and is handicapped by several lead actors more at home in lightweight playboy roles; but it is undoubtedly worth seeing...

Author: By H. B., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

...best gag writers in the business, Bergen follows two heavyweight (Charles Laugh ton, Orson Welles), one lightweight (Rudy Vallee) lecturer, imported by U.C.L.A. to add a touch of mundaneity to the English curriculum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Time For Comedy | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

...Ambers, 28, onetime world lightweight champion, enlisted in the Coast Guard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Spats & Raps | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...Because it can now be produced from sea water and weighs only two-thirds of what aluminum does, more lightweight materials probably will be made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

...rest of the play, in the plot sense, merely consists of trying to get the goods on him, and it runs pretty thin at times. What largely keeps it going, in spite of its lightweight sleuthing, is the sharp matching of minds, the ominous atmosphere, a smash psychological finish and a first-rate cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Dec. 15, 1941 | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

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