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Word: raggedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bill Webber with 11 points led the Crimson forces, but on the whole the team's offense was ragged. Charley Lutz scored nine tallies, five on free throws. Although he was unable to focus his aim on the basket all evening, he made up for it in dogged scrap.

Author: By John C. Robbins jr., | Title: BRUIN HOOPSTERS STIFLE HARVARD'S BASKETMEN 50-39 | 12/14/1939 | See Source »

However, there was one interesting reflection cast by this race and that is the question of form. It was not too hard a race for the Juniors, and they won decisively, but their form was almost ragged at times. The catching was not good, and all in all they were...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

"I have been following the correspondence upon war aims in your columns with considerable attention. In many respects it recalls the war aims controversy of 1917-18 when the Crewe House [propaganda] organization did its unsuccessful best to extract from the foreign office a precise statement of what the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Planless Peace | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Poles accused as "snipers" at the German Army were rounded up for even harsher treatment than the tens of thousands of Polish prisoners who were being shipped off constantly to work in Germany, mostly on farms but also in unskilled factory jobs where it would be difficult for them to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLISH THEATRE: Divide and Rule | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Britain, to the Empire, to free speech, to Parliament. To Britons newly enraged by the German-Soviet Pact, he had been terribly justified. Elder Statesman Churchill expected no cheers for his foresight. He rushed off to have dinner with Harold Nicolson, M.P. (author of Portrait of a Diplomatist, Peacemaking, Dwight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Vision, Vindication | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

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