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Word: sluggishness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hara, of Boston, turned tail to the fishing banks last week and headed for home. On a dark night, in near-zero weather, she thrashed into Boston Channel. A numbed lookout in the bow suddenly shouted. Frantically the helmsman tried to put her over, but she was sluggish with ice, heavy with 50,000 lb. of fish in her hold. Next moment the Mary E. O'Hara crashed into a barge anchored off Finn's Ledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Last Voyage | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

...germs of the staphylococcus family. By brewing an enzyme called urease. the staphylococci split up urea in the saliva into an ammonium compound, which neutralizes the erosive acid. Dr. Stephan's conclusion: teeth may decay when the saliva does not contain enough urea, or when the staphylococci are sluggish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Urea for Teeth | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

...period the Bruins took over and made more than one serious stab through the Crimson defense. Owing to the sparkling work of goalie Jack Penson, none of these drives ended in scoring. The overtime period found the mud and cold telling on the players' efficiency, as their efforts became sluggish and the deadlock was not broken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON BOOTERS FIGHT SCORELESS DEADLOCK WITH BROWN ON WET FIELD | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

...climates the disposal is easy. This stimulates people, tends to make them grow faster, to protect them against infections. In the Dark Ages, when the Temperate Zone's climate was much warmer than now, wine grapes grew in England, cereals in Iceland, men were poor specimens-short, sluggish, easy victims of plague...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ebbing Tide? | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

With two more games to play the Gold Coasters led by Captain Wally Chessman are favored to keep their slate clean. Only Winthrop is within overhauling distance of the formerly sluggish team which finished in the league basement last season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNBEATEN GOLD COASTERS NEAR INTER-HOUSE CROWN | 11/5/1940 | See Source »

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