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Word: minored (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Bitter Assessment. This was too much, at last, even for steel-tough Gary (pop. 135,000), which had only murmured over seven other murders since Jan. 1 (all the killers were caught). Gary had long been used to crime. Six years ago some minor hoodlums of the Capone syndicate took over the town, infested it with prostitutes and panders, bookmaking joints and blind pigs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIANA: Who Killed Mary Cheever? | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...Potato. On the final day, there was a minor to-do over a proposed report on religious liberties. Protesting against "the insidious pattern by which Communist and other totalitarian regimes are seeking to force the church into a position of subservience," the report also contained a surprise package. This was a call "for Protestants and Roman Catholics at the highest level of leadership" to join forces against the anti-church methods used by Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Churchmen & the Pact | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

This year outdoor rowing has been going on for upwards of two weeks, but if the current first boat lasis out the year it will be some sort of a minor revolution in the sports world: only two of the five returning lettermen are there now, and the balance of the outfit is made up of six sophomores...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Upstart Sophomores Dominate First Boat of Bolles' Crew | 3/18/1949 | See Source »

Bill Bingham would be happy to pick up the phone tomorrow and order the construction of such a rink but for the minor matter of who is going to pay the bill. The bill...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 3/16/1949 | See Source »

...closing minutes, two fights broke out, one a minor scuffle between Joe Kittredge and Cliff Harrison, the other a pitched battle between Bill Garrity and Indians Bill Riley, Dick Desmond, and Red Bailey. Garrity and his old Belmont High teammate Riley were both given match misconduct penalties...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Green Speed Whips Sextet, 7-2, at Arena | 3/15/1949 | See Source »

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