Search Details

Word: slow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

This afternoon's rally precedes the Varsity's departure for Princeton, where the Crimson will be underdogs by heavy odds following the Penn and Dartmouth defeats. Coach Dick Harlow reaffirmed his faith in his slow-starting, largely Sophomore eleven Saturday. This afternoon the undergraduate body is expected to reaffirm its faith in the team in front of Dillon Field House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Rooters to Hold Football Rally This P.M. | 11/2/1939 | See Source »

...shirt soon, because right now he stacks up as the best passer on the squad. The 180 pound Junior may develop into a good backfield prospect if he can improve in the other departments of his play. Another aerial possibility. Bob James, is a bit too slow for the tailback role...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Varsity Backfield Revamped as Spreyer Is Sent to Tailback Job | 10/31/1939 | See Source »

With determined face and step so slow...

Author: By Jack Wllner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Tracing Lindbergh's admiration of the German air force, his alarm over British unpreparedness, Nicolson said: "He liked their grim efficiency and liked the mechanization of the State and he was not at all deterred by the suppression of free thought and free discussion. . . . The slow, organic will power of Britain eluded his observation. . . . He is and always will be not merely a schoolboy hero but also a schoolboy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Hounds in Cry | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...armies of France and Germany last week executed two more steps in their slow, solemn, martial minuet between the Moselle and the Rhine, the Westwall and the Maginot Line. Germany stepped forward the distance that the French had advanced since Sept. 3. The French, in perfect rhythm, stepped back, slaughtering the Germans as they came, as befitted accomplished war dancers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Minuet | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next