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Word: lost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rescue work went on, the firemen made an alarming discovery-water pressure in the nearest hydrant was uselessly low; 15 precious minutes were lost running lines to outlets blocks away. Frantically, many a man fought his way into the building after relatives. Some succeeded, but most were driven back by heat and the smell of burning flesh. Building Superintendent Frank Ries went in to hunt for his wife and never came out again. Prospective Father Arnold Aderman watched his wife come down a ladder, got her home just in time to have her baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Glare in the Sky | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...evening, however, the streak came to an end. In a debate with Amherst College in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room, the Crimson debaters lost the decision. Godfrey G. Howard '50 and George I. Mulhern '51 supported the affirmative argument on the topic: "Resolved. That Membership in the Communist party be declared Illegal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Orators Top Hamilton, But Bow to Amherst | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

...thing, the Crimson has been on a four-match Southern trip, and was able to work in a week of extra practice. This was a major factor in its recent victory ever Clark, but Dartmouth has also spent Eastern vacation in Dixie. The Green won a match and lost a match to Georgetown, which boat Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Meet McGill Today; Golfers play Green | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

...newly-designed box of sutures, invented by Dr. Carl W. Walter, assistant professor of Surgery, was lost at a Wednesday night meeting of the Pre-Medical Society at which Dr. Walter was demonstrating recent advances in surgery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Doctor Seeks Return Of Lost Sutures Box | 4/15/1949 | See Source »

...freshman tennis team opened its season yesterday afternoon with a 7 to 2 victory at Milton Academy. The only Yardlings who lost were Jerry Murphy, the team's number one man, and the number two doubles pair--Dave Aldrich and Bill Wood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Tennis Team Trounces Milton, 7-2 | 4/14/1949 | See Source »

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