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Word: semis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first trial hear, McCormick raw a chose second to flashy Harrison Dillard, who set a new BAA and Boston record by winning, the finals in 5.5 seconds. McCormick again showed up will in the semi-finals and took sixth place in the pay-off trip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McCormick Hops Hurdles, Stars in BAA Track Meet | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...yard dash, the only other event in which the track team participated, Jon Spivak was nosed out in the semi-finals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McCormick Hops Hurdles, Stars in BAA Track Meet | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

Poured Foundations. That kind of big business was nothing new to 42-year-old Bill Levitt. After he got out of the Seabees in 1945, he and brother Alfred, who designs their houses, started building on a semi-mass production basis (TIME, Dec. 23, 1946). They used a huge earth-moving machine to root out foundations, a concrete mixer to move from site to site pouring concrete slabs for house bases (no basements). In 1946 they finished 1,000 homes, sold them to veterans for a shade under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Land Rush | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...semi-professional Lowell five is miles out in front in A League basketball after five straight wins, with second-seeded Dunster next. The 14 game schedule means that each team must face the Bellboys twice, a task that is not for the weak, but it is possible that they will delay their usual last-minute rush until too late...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Ahead in House League Basketball Race | 1/29/1949 | See Source »

...psychological thrillers. It common-sensically concedes that a smart cop who knows crimes and criminals could outwit an equally smart psychologist who doesn't. As the cop, Wendell Corey, a comparative newcomer from Broadway, not only steals scenes from Movie Veterans Young and Cummings, but also makes the semi-villain so real and likable that audiences may feel the heroine has won the second-best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jan. 24, 1949 | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

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