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Word: sawing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mexicans are very clever horsemen, and we saw them last spring in Rome and in the Olympics - the best cavalrymen in the world, perhaps, by now. But "the big secret of Mexican riding" isn't a Mexican secret at all: it is an Italian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 17, 1949 | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

Some observers, reading the Truman messages, saw the U.S. rushing straight into a "social-welfare state," saw it as a not too roundabout way to socialism. The Manchester Guardian, which sees socialism at first hand every day, thought that the U.S., as an alternative to socialism, was heading toward an "insurance state," i.e., "deliberate shortening of the odds against the weak but without abandoning the individualist way of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shortcomings & Solutions | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

News about Jordan's personnel was both good and bad this week. Roger Wach strained a leg muscle, and his 136- pound slot will be filled by Bob Abboud, who saw service as a freshman 128-pounder last year. At 121, Dave Coombs will carry the Crimson banner for the first time this season. Coombs starred at that weight last winter but Joe Kozol has been operating so far this season...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Wrestling Squad Hopes to Extend Unbeaten Record | 1/14/1949 | See Source »

Both teams were hampered by meticulous officiating which saw the Tigers pick up four points on pickoff rulings in the first three minutes of play. John Rockwell, George Sella, and Adams fouled out midway in the second half, and all had to operate carefully prior to ejection. HARVARD (46) g f pts Rockwell, lf 4 2 10 Gabler 2 0 4 Petrillo, rf 2 3 7 Bramhall 0 0 0 Prior, c 0 2 2 Smith 5 3 13 Gannon, lg 0 0 0 McCurdy 2 1 5 Davis 2 1 5 Covey, rg 0 0 0 Totals...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Hockey Team Takes On B.C. Here Tonight; Basketball Squad Loses to Princeton, 51-46 | 1/12/1949 | See Source »

...degree dissingenuous and dissembling, which appears even in their common conversation in which their indirect and dubious answers to the plainest and fairest questions show their suspicions of one another." But the women, added Hamilton, were "for the most part, free and affable as well as pritty. I saw not one prude while I was here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Doctor on Horseback | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

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