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Word: spells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Abbot, an offensive standout throughout the game, broke the spell for the yearlings after they had fallen behind, 3 to 0, as he blasted a pass from Bob Almy past the Rindge goalkeeper after less than two minutes of the second period had gone by. With the school six on the defensive, the Crimson forwards increased the pressure, scoring again one and a half minutes later on Tom Lamb's goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Hockey Team Noses Out Rindge Tech, 4-3 | 12/17/1946 | See Source »

...want to forget-not remember." *The ultimate arbiter is one Bertha K. Eastmond, a socially unknown, and determinedly anonymous woman in her 60s, who lives in seclusion in Summit, N.J. She started as secretary to Louis Keller, the Register's founder, who hired her because "she could spell and get yacht names right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Five Years After | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

Though it was high time for frost, temperatures stood at August levels from the Great Lakes to the Eastern seaboard. Manhattan small fry celebrated the hottest Halloween on record (81°) by donning masks-and going naked on the beach (see cut). As the hot spell wore on, thermometers registered highs of 84 in Washington, 82 in Philadelphia, 81 in Boston, 77 in Chicago, 85 in Memphis. Midwestern farmers mopped their foreheads and cursed the humidity which was delaying the corn harvest. Mississippians sighed and put off their hog killing. Thousands of city folk got out their lawn mowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: Turnabout | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...definite changes have been announced in the Crimson lineup as yet, although it seems likely that Farrell and Bill Jackson, whose passes and running also drew Harlow's praise, will see considerable action at the tailback post, along with Cleo. Frank Miklos will spell Henry Goethals at quarterback, a spot the dark-haired senior has occupied in monopolistic style for the past two games...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Double Dose of Scrimmage Marks Varsity Grid Session | 11/7/1946 | See Source »

...long-hovering wage dispute (TIME, Feb. 4) included demands for 29.1% more pay to handle T.W.A.'s fast, four-motored Skymasters and Constellations. Among the union's golden boys (senior pilots now earn around $10,000 yearly) the raises would spell real money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Down to Earth | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

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