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Word: slimmed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these meetings, Wisconsin's slim, serious young Governor talked in significantly vague terms about his own future and the nation's. Conferees and the press, to whom Phil La Follette maintained an air of tantalizing secrecy, were led to believe that something significant was afoot. The belief was substantiated last fortnight when the Governor delivered four voluminous radio speeches on successive nights. Gist of last fortnight's radio speeches was: 1) that both La Follettes had broken with Franklin Roosevelt when he hopefully cut down on spending a year ago, and 2) that a message of first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THIRD PARTIES: Progressives at Madison | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

Following the lead of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera, Chicago's City Opera last week decided to change its ballet next season. Invited to replace slim-limbed Ballet Mistress Ruth Page was Philadelphia's blonde Ballerina Catherine Littlefield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Battling Ballerina | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

Three walks in the seventh inning coupled with two hits for four runs off the pitching of Slim Curtiss sent the Crimson nine down to a 5-4 defeat at the hands of St. Johns Saturday afternoon in a flawlessly played game at Soldiers Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Keeps Compton Cup at Nassau; Nine Bows 5-4 | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

...case of very cold weather, Coach Fred Mitchell may insert either Tom Healey or Slim Curtiss into the starting mound position. In addition to Healey and Curtiss, Art Johns may see service twirling if a relief pitcher is necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ED INGALLS ON MOUND TODAY AGAINST TIGERS | 4/30/1938 | See Source »

...Slim Curtiss was called in to check the tide but one more Terrier run came in when Artie Johns was unable to handle a fast grounder. A pinch hitter relieved Curtiss in the eighth and Johns finished the game on the mound...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terriers Slug Four Varsity Moundsmen | 4/29/1938 | See Source »

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