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Word: spells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Havilland-Fontaine had a date with her bridge club. The ladies were so moved by the story of young Olivia's plight that they raised $200 to help her out. Olivia boarded with a respectable lady and went on triumphantly as Violet. Ever since, except for a brief spell of discouragement when she thought of becoming a speech teacher, Olivia has pursued her profession with the same energy and bounce that led her high-school class to predict that she would become a "circus queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shocker | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...claims Menzel, the weather would have to be just right. If it became too cold, then too little snow would fall to form ice. On the other hand, a spell of unusually warm weather would melt the ice packs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dust Clouds May have Caused Earth's Ice Age | 12/7/1948 | See Source »

...five man squad will make the trip to New York. Along with starters Calhoun, Van Peborgh, and Howland reserves Tim White and Stew Bennett will be on hand in case of injuries or merely to spell the first three...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poloists Play Williams | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

...judging the finished meals as lunches or dinners. The number of meals produced per employee is greater in the central kitchen, and the flavor and quality of these meals is definitely inferior. Dispensing meals can never be like building automobiles or libraries, because it is the little extras which spell the difference between good and poor meals. Dishes which have been salted with a shaker always seem tastier than ones in which a pre-determined amount has been dumped and stirred around with an car. Lugging vats of meat and vegetables through stifling steam tunnels to House Dining Halls necessarily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Food Problem: I The Central Kitchen | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...second-string center, on the casualty list, Captain Conway may have to go all the way today. Win Lovejoy, Larson's understudy and a sterling line backer, was hurt in the Princeton clash. Buck Carr, who has played in only one game so far this season may have to spell Larson at center when the going gets tough...

Author: By Yale News and Lee GRIGGS Sports writer, S | Title: Injuries In Backfield Weaken Yale Squad; First-String Line Can Start | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

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