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Word: minuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Butch Jordan's aggregation, minus Dave Smith, arrived in Syracuse late yesterday afternoon and then took a bus for Ithaca. Smith's knee and elbow injuries kept him from making the trip, and Dave Coombs will fill his 128-pound position...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Crimson Wrestlers Leave by Air for East Championships | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

...actors' agent, whose commission is fixed at 10%, Selznick gets fat loan-out fees for the stars who are under contract to him as a producer. Because he is Hollywood's shrewdest publicizer of talent, his stars are in great demand. His profit is the fees, minus the salaries he would be paying the players anyhow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Big Deal | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...Minus the services of Jerry Murphy, sharp-shooting first string forward, the freshman basketball team will face Boston College at 3 p.m. today in the Indoor Athletic Building. B.C. will be the toughest opposition Lloyd Harper's men have had to cope with since they played Holy Cross on December...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BC Five Favored To Beat Freshmen | 3/5/1949 | See Source »

...Sample (on the train): "Begins itself conversation. Russian equals English equals square root of minus 1. French he has not; German do I forget. But of gesture we both (fortunately) are made ... he is-quite like a child and totally unlike a childish person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Russia Revisited | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...safe, battered open and minus contents, was found in Cliftondale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cops Trail Gang Who Stole MIT Coop Safe | 2/1/1949 | See Source »

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