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Word: obviously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since the end of the war, Chiang has received more than $3,000,000,000 from the U. S., much of it in actual war material. Still his armies have melted before Mao's Communists. The reason is obvious--incompetent leadership, corruption, and lack of popular support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lesson From China | 5/3/1949 | See Source »

...obvious that slender (148 Ibs.) Dave Freeman was no classic stylist. His smash was somewhat less than devastating, his wrist-flick deception shots not the game's most subtle or varied. But like Bitsy Grant, the once-mighty mite of tennis, he made incredible gets. His knees were always scratched and bloody after a tough match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Win & Out | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Openly flouting the American way of life and sedate womanhood, the wild eyed young ladies of Wellosley sprinted down a hillside pushing hoops before them at 7:15 a.m. Saturday in obvious preparation for some future May Day, when they might perform more important tasks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoop Race Dupes Wellesley Intellectuals | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...fraction that had missed the point can be called the Anti-Social Relations Set. This group has adopted the C-plus saga as a proof that all Social Relations courses are ludicrously obvious in their content and ridiculously easy to pass. To this group one need only say, flatly, "Gentlemen, you are wrong;" to argue the value of courses in fields such as sociology and psychology would be more to patronize the Social Relations Department than to defend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To the Grader | 4/30/1949 | See Source »

After viewing the Yale game movies four times, it becomes obvious that Dike Hyde will be one defensive end. The other might well be Ravreby--but then there is a young man named Bob Di Blasio...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Valpey's Squad, With 4 New Faces, Practices Under Game Conditions | 4/26/1949 | See Source »

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