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Word: slow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvard's three-man indoor team of Captain Walter Beveraggl at number two position, Tom Calhoun at number one, and his brother Sandy at back, got a slow start in the unfamiliar building. Cornell, which had just returned from defeating Princeton, 16 to 4, had a 3 to 0 lead at the end of the first chukker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Polo Squad Defeats Cornell Team in 15-14 Upset | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

...major coup for the Government. Mrs. Massing had been barred by the court as a witness in Trial No. 1. For the first time someone other than Whittaker Chambers had given direct testimony that Alger Hiss had been a Communist. This week as big, slow-moving Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Murphy rested his case, the Government seemed on more solid ground than it had been during the original trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUDICIARY: Woman with a Past | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...sophisticated piece about a confidence woman and the heir to the fortunes of Pike's Pale, "The Ale that Won for Yale." The dialogue abounds in double entendres of the highest order. At the same time, "The Lady Eve" has its share of slapstick, too. Henry Fonda, as the slow-witted heir, takes no less than nine pratfalls in the course of the movie...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Dunster ever came a handicap in height with superior speed, and took their game from a tall but slow Eliot team. The score stood at 10-6 for the Funsters after the first half, but the Elephants were held to four points during the latter half while Duster piled up 14 points to run away with the game, 24-10. Duane Lanszerk of the Funsters took high scoring honors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Five Victorious Twice; Dunster, Matthews Win Handily | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

Traditional shenanigans were absent yesterday as the annual Freshman Smoker Committee election got off to a slow start. With balloting to be held on Friday--commuters also vote Thursday--only three candidates of the 18 running had created any excitement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noise Absent as Smoker Election Campaign Begins | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

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