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Word: mud (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...almost perfect circle, stretched the filthy, swarming manheaps of the Roman slums. The worst of them was nicknamed "Shanghai"-which to Italians is a synonym for total degeneracy. Here 15,000 Romans lived in one-room shacks; watermarks on the walls, above bed level, told of rain and mud floods. Said one of "Shanghai's" citizens last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Caesar with Palm Branch | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...Rain, mud, and a girl's natural reluctance to get her feet wet combined this morning to scratch the tradition infested Wellesley hoop race for the third consecutive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rumor of Fix as Wellesley Twice Postpones Hoop Race | 5/3/1947 | See Source »

...Churchill Downs, Phalanx & Arcaro will keep a sharp eye on several other hopefuls, including Elizabeth Arden's mud-loving speedster, Jet Pilot (10-1) and Double Jay (8-1), who was rated by many as last year's champion two-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horses to Beat | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

Shivering Varsity golfers sloshed through miles of Winchester mud and rain yesterday to hand Bowdin a 141/2 to 121/2 drenching, for the Crimson's second links victory in as many starts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golf Team Edges Bowdoin in Mud For Second Win | 4/26/1947 | See Source »

...Business." You peer inside a tobacco and cake shop on Nankwan Street. It is a cubicle of dried mud and sticks, windowless, papered with yellowing sheets of the Liberation Daily. Proprietor Yang Huan-chang, a snaggle-toothed elder of 60, greets you as "Comrade," invites you in for a smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A WALK IN YENAN | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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