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Word: minors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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forces played only a minor part. The Battle of the Java Sea was led and lost by a Dutchman. The subsequent loss of the Langley, sent by the Navy with planes to defend Batavia, was a creditable long-shot bet that failed to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: THE FIRST SIX MONTHS | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

...Juke Girl, which is supposed to be about juke girls.* It turns the picture into a cross-country road race, with itinerant laborers hurrying their cars to the Florida fruit and vegetable country, packers hurrying their picked produce to market, etc., etc. The result is a kind of minor East Coast Grapes of Wrath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 25, 1942 | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

...several tight squeezes of the rivalry. In football last fall Adams took the lead, and gained most of their points there, while Lowell took the basketball title last winter. Winthrop, despite its excellent record in the major sports, and its lead in hockey, fell down in its minor sports showing and could only make fourth place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Wins Straus Trophy Again As Adams Takes Second, Lowell Third | 5/20/1942 | See Source »

Closest battle of the year has been between Leverett and Eliot for fifth position, and the two competitors now stand with only 15 points between them. Leverett did not win any major sports, but has been fairly consistent in its minor showing, while Eliot enjoyed a brilliant crew season, but has picked up few other points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Wins Straus Trophy Again As Adams Takes Second, Lowell Third | 5/20/1942 | See Source »

Winners of major and minor "H's" during past athletic seasons, members of the Varsity club, will choose their officers for next year tonight after an informal program at the club to which three members of the Brave baseball team have been invited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Club Elects Next Year's Officers | 5/19/1942 | See Source »

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