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Word: minuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Notre Dame went to Texas last week expecting to wind up a perfect season in a blaze of touchdowns. Instead, in Dallas' Cotton Bowl, it was all but charged off its All-America feet by a fiery, accurate Southern Methodist team, minus its injured star Doak Walker but brilliantly led by Halfback Kyle Rote, that fought as if it were defending the Alamo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Best Team We've Met | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...Fellows talk about competition they're not worrying about marks. But just the same the students keep them on their toes. One fellow goes to the blackboard regularly in beginning French, and, of the 11 in Merk's course, six took the hour exam. The mean mark was B minus, and only one received...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Harvard Pleases Nieman Fellows | 11/22/1949 | See Source »

Other upsets last week: ¶Unpredictable Louisiana State knocked the props from under North Carolina and Halfback Choo Choo Charlie Justice, 13-7, for the Tar Heels' first regular-season setback in 22 games. ¶Underdog Southern Methodist, minus the services of Quarterback Doak Walker (ill with influenza), came from behind to beat undefeated Kentucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Upset Saturday | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

More immediate proposals will be forthcoming, according to Hornig, on such matters as the use of plus and minus in grading and the returning of final exams

Author: By Robert E. Herzstein, | Title: Council Group Plans to 'Personalize' Education | 10/27/1949 | See Source »

...Minus the services of their high scoring outside Pete Baker who was injured last week, the freshmen lacked the scoring punch which had enabled them to maintain an unbeaten string until yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Connecticut Shuts out '53 Soccer Team, 2-0 | 10/19/1949 | See Source »

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