Word: washouts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have finally tossed the whole bundle back at Mr. Reynolds. The Vice-President should stamp his mark of approval upon this idea, for if he spurns the plan to install a battery of Bendixes, one of the best proposals of late for cutting student expenses will wind up a washout...
Artificial ice at the Boston Arena will give the freshman hockey team a chance to play Belmont Hill at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon without worrying about another washout...
...general, the problem of who killed the blonde who was mistaken for Laura is much less tense than talky. What's more, the characters are all fairly dull, particularly those who are meant to be most fascinating. As the magnetic Laura, K. T. Stevens proves a washout in everything but looks; and, though Otto Kruger acts the decadent, supposedly brilliant Lydecker skillfully, the authors of the play make him a bore...
...Washout. For President Miguel Aleman, the troubles posed a political dilemma. Whatever his lack of regard for the oldtime bosses, he still needed their support. Besides, he could not let the rightists make political hay. Firmness in the oil workers' strike (TIME, Dec. 30) had paid off; firmness in a political crisis like that at Oaxaca might pay dividends also...
...Washout. In Casper, Wyo., seekers for secondhand bathtubs sought out the wrecker of a 56-room hotel, found the hotel had been bathless...