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Word: smoothed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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These events, climaxed by satisfactory violence, persuaded the publishers to describe Lie Down in Darkness as "a devastating picture of the 'society' which it mirrors." It is nothing of the sort. It is an orchidaceously morbid psychological thriller, smooth, fast-paced, taut with suspense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Up in Maggie's Room | 9/18/1944 | See Source »

...match with Sergeant Frank Parker, the onetime boy wonder and Davis Cupper, whose mechanical, methodical steadiness had often carried him close, but never quite to, the title. Parker, with a day of rest after his four-set semifinal win over Lieut. Don McNeil, was on the top of his smooth game. Talbert's only hope was to reach the net, and he seldom managed it except in the second set. Parker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: On the 12th Try | 9/11/1944 | See Source »

Ballast clean and smooth as glass...

Author: By W. M. Cousins jr. and T. X. Cronin, S | Title: The Lucky Bag | 9/8/1944 | See Source »

Informal Dance at the Parker House, restricted to those of the Mid-Off School. . . . For those of you who don't know, the Parker House Roof is not open to Boston's salty breezes, so repack those woolies. It is really a smooth place to dance--with all the comforts of home--a cocktail bar attached, that is. Midshipmen and Senior Officers are invited to the function, which gives promise of being just what we have all been waiting...

Author: By W. M. Cousine and T. X. Cronin, S | Title: The Lucky Bag | 9/1/1944 | See Source »

...squad of 20 men is smooth-striding Mark Tuttie of the NROTC. Brother of "Pen" Tuttle, who led the undefeated 1939 Crimson harriers to a heptagonal title, Mark will captain this year's team. Bob Caploe, of the V-12, is manager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers Will Engage Three Nearby Teams | 8/25/1944 | See Source »

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