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Word: raggedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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It is often gratifying to sit and watch a group of performers who are enjoying themselves, even if their playing and singing is sometimes ragged. The Bach Society Chorus, conducted by Stephen Addiss, contains few exceptional voices, and this is a particular drawback in a small ensemble, where the individual...

Author: By Bertram Baldwin, | Title: Bach Society Chorus | 1/15/1957 | See Source »

News from the Coast yesterday that Humphrey Bogart had traded in his gat came, if it had to come, at the wrong time of year. Bogie, the Andover man who never made it to Yale, was a welcome friend in warm, dark movie houses as exams menaced. While many of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bogie | 1/15/1957 | See Source »

The Crimson led throughout, although always by narrow margins. The edge at half-time, when the score was 27-26, was the same as the winning one, one point, but it had ranged as high as seven points. The second half play was closer and more ragged, as each team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quintet Beats Cornell; Hockey Team Downs Middlebury | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

On Sunday afternoon, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra joined the festival with its strongest program in years. Unfortunately, its performance was disappointing. Beethoven's First Symphony, which should be within the Orchestra's scope, never seemed to get off the ground. Although the woodwind and brass sections were unusually strong, the...

Author: By Stephen Addiss, | Title: Music Festival | 12/11/1956 | See Source »

Sixth Day. The desert blitz ended. Israeli forces marched triumphantly into the ancient and grubby city of Gaza, where blinded Samson pulled down the pillars and destroyed the temple. They found only a handful of dull-eyed, curious Arabs, the raveled remnants of an Egyptian division, and the unhappy Egyptian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Blitz in the Desert | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

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