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Word: sluggishness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thou should by sluggish Charles' side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 2/14/1947 | See Source »

Three goals during the third period spelled victory for a sluggish Yardling puckster sextet yesterday at Dedham after inspired Noble and Greenough had stalemated the play throughout two stanzas. The final score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Icemen Assault Greenough with Third Period Drive, 3 to 1 | 2/13/1947 | See Source »

Jayvee men also offset a sluggish beginning to sweep to a 4 to 2 victory over Newton on Monday. Constant changes in the makeup of the team makes the starting group fairly unpredictable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skaters Face Off With Cambridge, Wellesley Today | 2/5/1947 | See Source »

...Donna (forerunner of the stories with spiced-up Mediterranean settings that used to run in Hearst's Cosmopolitan magazine), the turgid old yarn has been tried three times before in the movies. The verdict, in spite of its fine feathers, stylish production and highfalutin misbehavior, is guilty-too sluggish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 2, 1946 | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

...lavender over the big Bull Market, Tammany ran him for mayor. He was the people's choice. He was an hour and a half late to his own inauguration and late to almost every public ceremony thereafter. He called himself "The Late Mayor." He filled city offices with sluggish Tammany favorites. He kept a wardrobe of 70 $165 suits, drove about the city in a $17,000 Duesenberg. He lolled happily at the fabulous Central Park Casino with his mistress, musical comedy star Betty Compton (whom he afterwards married). Jazz-happy New York loved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Late Mayor | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

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