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Word: staled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tell No Tales (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). A fine Negro wake and a good bit by Gene Lockhart as a gambler, stuck in a stale story about a crusading editor (Melvyn Douglas) who confounds the underworld...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...This year, when we were without boys like Charlie Hutter and Graham Cummin who never seemed to get stale, the post-season competition was a little too much...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: ULEN DISCUSSES TEAM'S SHOWING IN NATIONALS | 3/28/1939 | See Source »

...bragh days of the Irish Literary Renaissance were as exciting as plum cake -full of such plums as Yeats, A. E., Joyce, J. M. Synge. For some time now the cake has been stale and almost plumless. Last week, however, Irish-hungry readers might bite into two fairly fruity bits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Late Plums | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...another meet for the Ulenmen as they speed preparations for their league debut against the Pennsylvania Quakers next Saturday. Victims of a 38 to 37 upset at the hands of the powerful Brown Bruins, the Crimson tankers have been practicing steadily during the examination period and should not be stale despite the competition layoff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TANKMEN FAVORED TO DUCK CORNELL | 2/3/1939 | See Source »

...working lot with shifty passing and splendid ball control, the soccermen rolled over Tufts, Amherst, Dartmouth, and Springfield. When their accustomed accuracy faltered against the kickers from Nassan, the squad went into a decided slump which didn't let up for the M.I.T. encounter. "Against the Tigers we went stale," the Coach explained, "but I think we've pulled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

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