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Word: smoothest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...over a hundred and eighty pounds. The catch is that he gained the weight comparatively suddenly after an attack of grippe last winter. The result was that he lost a lot of power and had a tough time getting back into form. However, right now he has about the smoothest form on the second sight and is one of the strongest men in the boat...

Author: By William W. Tyns, | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

...Stevens, a Junior and veteran of last year's crew handles the seven oar with assurance. Sherman Gray, Yardling captain a year ago, replaces the graduated Doug Ericson at six and in his first year on the Varsity is one of the smoothest oarsmen in the boat...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Crimson Crews To See First Action Today | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

...dramatize their appeals for employment on public works and an increase in winter relief allowances. Suddenly tossing themselves on the ground like so many Holy Rollers, they tangled traffic into an unholy mess. Two days later he sent some of his roughest members into one of London's smoothest spots, the Ritz. He almost got a coffined umbrella labeled HE DID NOT GET WINTER RELIEF into No. 10 Downing Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Wal's Work | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...richest, smoothest, quickest of all Spenders & Lenders is, of course, the Works Progress Administration. Having learned in previous years that announcement of the amounts of money he spends is a local publicity boomerang, Harry Hopkins talked of his plans in terms of men and jobs, not dollars. WPA's assignment is to take up unemployment slack rapidly at first, then more slowly as PWA's projects get going, then at full capacity when winter comes and heavy construction slows down. Last week WPA added 60,000 workers to its rolls, two-thirds of them in the Midwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Men at Work | 7/18/1938 | See Source »

...Stevens at number seven seat has come up from last year's Freshman eight and Middlesex combinations. One of the smoothest blades in the boat, the 20-year-old Sophomore is an efficient pace setter for the starboard side with a keen sense of timing and a lot of power behind his strokes. Doug Erickson, a Senior, at number six, has had long years of rowing experience and is a conscientious, dependable man behind Chace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREW | 6/15/1938 | See Source »

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