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Word: think (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...McInnis has taught his apprentices to think and to field. He has a tremendous store of knowledge behind his sunburned, deadpan face. If he can draw from it to develop one more pitcher to match Godin, he will rank as a class A magician--not to mention coach...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 4/15/1949 | See Source »

...reasons that have turned up in support of these pro-Franco suggestions have been wonderfully varied. Farley and Johnston think that Spain would eventually make a fine market for U.S. goods; they maintain that "Spain has always paid its debts." Marshall wanted to keep Spain from going Communist, a noble motive. But the most frequent argument, and the one which Franco himself is now pushing, is that Spain could be a valuable military "bulwark" in case of war with Russia. It is no better an argument than the others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Franco: No Friend | 4/14/1949 | See Source »

...continent, "secure behind the Pyreness." Many military men disagree. Air and naval installations on the Iberian Peninsula would be under constant short-range bombing attack and exceptionally tough to supply; the Pyrenees are a poor barrier against airborne invasion, and nowhere near as impregnable as the Spanish like to think. Spain is fundamentally an unattractive place from which to flight a European war. There is no military justification for supporting Franco...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Franco: No Friend | 4/14/1949 | See Source »

...quibble with acting, in this case, is not to question the success of the play. There probably will be people who don't think This Sort of Thing should be put on by a Harvard dramatic group. They are wrong; this Kaufman and Hart is as good theater as Giradoux and as some Shakespeare. The HDC has a fine show this fortnight...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: The Playgoer | 4/14/1949 | See Source »

...phoned up the Rugby Club's defensive pillar. Eddie Davis over at the Business School Monday night to see if we could scare up a couple of good flashy quotes. "Oh," moaned Eddie when informed of our purpose, "I'm too tired to think, say anything you want...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Sporting Scene | 4/14/1949 | See Source »

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