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Word: sackful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which he used in the four games last week. The infield positions are probably the most definitely set of any on the squad, with bespectacled Freddy Keyes holding down the shortstop position, Bart Harvey safely settled on second base, Red Tully on first and Gil Whittemore on the third sack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL NINE ENTRAINS FOR ARMY BATTLE | 4/11/1941 | See Source »

...them, like earthquakes viewed through a shattered plate-glass window. Abstractionist Kandinsky ran the gamut from fairly conventional, mosaic-like landscapes to amoebic shapes painted on plaster-like surfaces. Most typical Kandinskys were in crescents and triangles, resembled an explosion in a kaleidoscope factory. Abstractionist Miro had littered potato-sack burlap with insectile, wire-worky lines, spots and doodads. Miro's titles were less abstract than his pictures. Samples: A Drop of Dew Falling from the Wing of a Bird Awakens Rosalie Asleep in the Shade of a Cobweb; Women Greeting the Crescent of the Moon; Personages Magnetized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Inclusive Ism | 3/17/1941 | See Source »

...Corcoran so often that the Janizariat often wonders if there is a fresh spot left for the knife. What they all now think of Associate Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy could not be printed, although not many months ago they spread rumors that Murphy was a saint in a sack suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Whispers in the White House | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

...Paris, a French boxer just out of the Army battled ten roaring rounds to a draw. Purse: 100 francs ($1), 50 litres of red wine, a bouquet of violets, a sack of potatoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 25, 1940 | 11/25/1940 | See Source »

...green carpeted suite on the 14th floor sat Wendell Lewis Willkie, a tousle-haired Peter the Hermit in a rumpled sack suit, waiting for news of his crusade. He lounged in a big chair, his feet propped up on another, his coat gradually inching up his big back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Election: The Losers | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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