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Word: slid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Green's downfall came at its blue line as varsity skaters continually slid past the Indian defense and constantly peppered the brilliant Dartmouth goalie, Gorden Russell. Russell made a total of 35 saves during the game against only 20 for the Crimson's goalie, Charlie Flynn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sextet Defeats Dartmouth For First Ivy League Win | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

Steel Doldrums. Amid the general rejoicing, there were some groans of dismay. Alcoa was off 11.4%, to $11,525,459. In the chemical industry, American Cyanamid's earnings went up 14%, to $6,434,475, but Union Carbide and Carbon's net slid to $21,342,676, down 19.3%, and Allied Chemical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EARNINGS: Cheers---& Some Groans | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...freshman frowned. "Sorry," he said." he said, "OI didn't mean to be bitter. I'm just hungry." He slid two chunks of meat onto his yellow plate. "Trouble is... no time...to enjoy food," he stumbled out in un-southern fashion...

Author: By Steven C. Swett, | Title: Meat and Potatoes | 11/5/1954 | See Source »

...Nevada at Large. In 1952, taking advantage of a Democratic feud (powerful old U.S. Senator Pat McCarran was knif ing the Democratic candidate for the other Senate seat), Republican Clifton Young slid in by 771 votes. This year McCarran is supporting the party's ticket, and Young is in trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The Fight for the House | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

Intent to Kill. The Skymaster's dying radioman got off an S O S; then the defenseless British airliner flamed out of the sky, flattened out and slid onto the water. Nine persons including an American father and his two sons, aged two and four years, sank with the plane; nine survived on a life raft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA SEAS: Gunfire in the Skies | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

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