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Word: walke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Welles's magnificent Oxon Hill estate, his valet reported that Welles had worked late that night in his study, and around midnight had told the valet to go to bed, that he was going for a short walk. That was the last any of the servants saw of their reserved, austere employer that night. It was not unusual for Welles to take late walks; he had insomnia. His doctor said that he had been troubled with heart disease ever since he had had a heart attack 18 years ago. Lately he had been deeply upset by the death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Midnight Walk | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...time during the night was either team moving at full speed. The first five minutes of play were conducted at a near-walk despite the scoring. When BC managed to generate some steam, it left the varsity well in arrears...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: BC Tops Hockey Team, 9-4 | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

Coming at a time when several prowlers and mysterious holdup men were reported in the Radcliffe area, the Epps incident caused Dean Sherman's office to advise Annex dwellers to walk in pairs after sundown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Nab Thief For Observatory Crime; Seek Aide | 12/14/1948 | See Source »

...meticulous portrait painter,* Nicholson spent his art-student days "mostly playing billiards," which might possibly have stimulated his liking for abstract forms in space. He turned to abstraction bit by bit, still can't explain how it happened. Said he: "It's like a child learning to walk. By the time you've reached the 50th step you can't describe the different stages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Beginning with Billiards | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...break-down of the scoring shows that Harvard did not walk off with an easy win. In five sets the Crimson was behind at the end of three games. Had Dartmouth taken a few points here and there, observers thought the victory could have gone to the Indians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Racks Up Its Third Squash Victory at Hanover | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

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