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Word: minuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Herewith (minus scurrility) the case of bigot Smythe-such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 30, 1946 | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

After that, it was Bilbo's turn. Before the hearing, a Mississippi doctor had told committee investigators that the Senator has cancer of the mouth. Wasted, and minus his lower plate. Bilbo sat in the wit ness chair from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. While his voice clogged and his shoulders sagged, he spat at his inquisitors like a treed cougar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Cougar in the Caucus Room | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

...arrangement should be worked out. A single block of seats, located along the side of the court and stretching from the floor to the upper sections would satisfy both spectators and Garden officials. The present scale of prices could be continued and students could enjoy a Harvard basketball game minus a few of the inconveniences of big-league Stadiumitis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Garden Gander | 12/17/1946 | See Source »

...publicity advantages of "32 Irving Berlin Tunes 32," Paramount wrought manfully to include all of the songs. Most of the tunes necessarily receive only cursory treatment, and several of Berlin's better songs, notably most of the magnicent score of "Holiday Inn," are omitted. The latter show, although minus the Natalie Kalmus technicolor enjoyed by "Blue Skies," was essentially a much better picture--good plot, better performances by Crosby and Astaire, and a wonderful assortment of memorable melodies. While not another "Holiday Inn," "Blue Skies" is, nevertheless, a better than ordinary Hollywood product and a fitting vehicle for what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/30/1946 | See Source »

...Cummings, who had been stricken with tonsillitis a few days before the Dartmouth contest, made his first practice appearance in ten days, and was used with the "B" team. He bolstered an end squad that is now minus the services only of George Hauptfuhrer, who was banged up against the Indians and is not expected to play on Saturday...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Yardlings Ape Eli Attack in Varsity Drill | 11/20/1946 | See Source »

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