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Word: spice (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rooms played host to a forum on the contemporary English novel, another on the United Nations, a recital staged by the House music group, and the weekly play-reading session. Season this melange with the stout ale of the Deacon's traditional Nocturnal Collations (beerfests with a monocle) and spice with the Society for the Preservation of The Species and a savory offering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spirits Run High in Kirkland, as Deacons Offer House Forums, Theatricals, Yearbook, Monocled Beerfests | 3/22/1947 | See Source »

...great reputation for sane consideration of the facts involved in political issues. Senator Taft's appeal to logic-sensitive voters must now be tempered with his statement in opposition to David Lilienthal's nomination to head the Atomic Energy Committee. Though the Senator loves facts, he manages to spice this devotion with one choice venture into fancy; though he employs logic to reach his conclusions, no one can deny his knowledge of other less strenuous processes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Taft and the Dragon | 2/27/1947 | See Source »

Weary of the moral shackles imposed by a long tradition of Puritanism and the incisive probings of the Watch and Ward Society, the population of Greater Boston today consumes what may well be a larger portion of spice with its reading than any other group of people in the country. Bostonians bow gracefully to the rebust vigilantes in matters of what plays to see, what songs to listen to, and what books to read, as long as they are left free to romp unfettered among the ax murders and attacks willingly dispensed by their morning papers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brass Tacks | 2/15/1947 | See Source »

Whether it was completely digested or not, it was obvious to sideline quarterbacks that it was the spice of Harlow coaching that enabled the Crimson to slip by its heavier, more experienced opponents. Even the superb line play of Eddie Davis, Ned Dewey, Chuck Glynn, and Jack Fisher would not have won the ball game without that last-minute trick of inserting southpaw, Tom Gannon, to fake a left end run and fling a pass just over the goal...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Football Returns to Pre-War Style But Crowd Falls Short of Capacity | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

Lampy added his own spice to the brew with an ill-fated beauty feast that needs little rhashing. B. Rose came out on the odd end of that one, as did Chill Williams in the Dramatic Club's sorry hunt for masculine pulchritude...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's Been a Hard Year Since February, Harry . . . . For Renaissance Was Just Around the Corner | 6/7/1946 | See Source »

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