Word: slim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Memorial Hall, is one of the few in Cambridge still rung by hand. Harold R. Allen, sexton of the Church, rushes to the cellar every hour from nine to four o'clock and, when the electric telechron registers 15 seconds before the hour, he pulls hard on the slim bell rope which hangs through a hole in the ceiling. He has been going through this procedure for three years and feels strongly that there is such a thing as overdoing tradition. On the other hand, his bell is certainly the most accurate by which to set your watch. The bell...
...Order. Husky, slim-waisted Lawyer Carlos Prío might be just the man to bring about a change after four years of his predecessor's austerity. Socially popular, Prío always worked hard & long before setting out with his wife Mary for an evening of parties. Unlike high-minded Grau, who refused to believe that his appointees might graft and soldier on the job, Prío harbored no such illusions...
...tragedy of incompatible blood types (Rh-positive and Rh-negative) causes some married couples to condemn their own babies to death in infancy-or even before birth. Last week slim, brunette Mrs. Bettina B. Carter, 38, of Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, told the Pennsylvania State Medical Society of a possible remedy...
...chief wrecker was slim, 165-lb. Halfback Charlie ("Choo Choo") Justice. He ran like a jack rabbit, fast and zigzaggy. Against Texas, Choo Choo scored two touchdowns, threw passes for two more, modestly demurred when called upon to score another. "I've had my flurry," he said in the huddle. "Give somebody else a chance...
...Twice he came to bat with runners on base, and a buzz of excitement rippled through Yankee Stadium and down the pitcher's back. Twice he banged in a run. The third time, the crowd let go an angry bellow: the Sox, trying to protect a slim lead, sent him to first base on a pass instead of letting him swing at the ball. Joe scored the run that put the Yankees out in front, anyway...