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Word: soft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lapse in the Crimson defense contributed to the Green triumph--when Bill Beagle let go with a soft 25-yard pass early in the second period. Because it was soft, it would have been easy to stop; because it was soft, however, it was also easy for an uncovered receiver to catch, as Monte Pascoe proved in the Crimson end zone...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Green Halts Varsity Attack As Beagle's Passes Connect | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

Thirty years of Turkish politics have calloused any soft spots in Menderes' disposition. Born to cotton-planting wealth (in a family that took its name from the River Meander of classic fame), he studied at the American College in Izmir, took a law degree but has never practiced. Menderes dislikes criticism-none of his original Cabinet has survived in the same office. "Anybody who shows any spirit goes out," says a British observer. Because 90 Democratic Deputies showed enough spirit to object to his quick decree of martial law after the riots, Menderes last week fired one of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: TURKEY: A Friend in Trouble | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

...week from today Connolly will celebrate his 87th birthday. His red hair has turned soft white, and his slim frame is slightly stooped and rather frail. A charley horse restricts him largely to his apartment on Brookline Street, but not his acuteness...

Author: By Steven C. Swett, | Title: First Olympic Champion Quit School To Compete In Games | 10/22/1955 | See Source »

...slow, clear English--describing, say, the thrill of puzzling for days over the meaning of a certain word in an ancient text, and then, suddenly, getting the answer and throwing up both hands "as a free man again." While Jaeger talks the light in his eyes and the soft laugh in his voice gradually take effect, and the listener is soon as excited as the Professor about the supposedly dull "contemplative life." Likely as not, the next thing the visitor will notice is Likely as not, the next thing the visitor will notice is that outside the window, dusk...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: "Foremost . . . of Our Day" | 10/20/1955 | See Source »

Recipe. In Providence, police looked for the vandals who broke into the Homestead Baking Co., dumped 1,500 Ibs. of sugar and 1,500 Ibs. of flour on the floor, mixed the mess carefully with 50 gallons of salad oil and a case and a half of soft drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 17, 1955 | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

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