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Word: safes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tobacco-it does not cure anything, but it undoubtedly soothes and caresses. Carried to excess, it grieves the judicious; practiced in moderation, it allays the passions, promotes digestion, placates animosities, and makes for happiness at the domestic hearth . . . No sane man would seek relief in cussing if a safe fell upon him, or a lion bit off his leg, or an anarchist had at him with a bomb, or his wife eloped with the letter-carrier. But on missing a train, or slipping on an orange peel, or losing a collar button, or in the presence of a crying baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 25, 1948 | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...fourth-quarter pass covering 40 yards kept the Eliot House football team's unbeaten, untied record safe yesterday, as the Elephants humbled a heavy Adams squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Nips Adams 13-7 to Remain Unbeaten, Untied | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

...Francisco, but is so "hot" that it can be used only as a laboratory for decontamination training. Of the original 76 ships (including two barges) that rode at anchor in Bikini Lagoon, only two submarines, five transports and two LCIs are afloat and declared to be completely safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Creeping Death | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...runner off base) was easily the Series' most spectacular play, and an example of his drill-order perfectionism. The first time it was tried, Boudreau tagged Runner Phil Masi, and thought he had him (the pictures seemed to bear him out) but Umpire Bill Stewart called the runner safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pitching Pays | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Moritz said last night that he will tell the police officers about the safe-guarding of evidence where homicide is suspected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Will Hear Address by Med School Professor | 10/13/1948 | See Source »

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