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Word: wee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wrigley Field all season, and last week his jinx park stopped him again-after he had hit safely in 37 straight games to bust Rogers Hornsby's modern National League record of 33. (Anyhow, the Boston Braves's roly-poly, 180-lb. right fielder had modestly figured Wee Willie Keeler's ancient 44-game mark as his goal, and had not seriously hoped that his luck would hang around until he caught Joe DiMaggio's American League record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Slugger with a Jinx | 7/23/1945 | See Source »

...Kenneth Macrae of Stornoway, Hebrides, was boiling mad. Mincing no words, he told the Edinburgh assembly of the fundamentalist Free Church of Scotland (the "Wee Frees") that the church should break relations with the Y.M.C.A. The Y, he had discovered, was condoning modernist doctrines and "worldly amusements," and had put out a scandalous booklet for servicemen. Told in the Huts. Without further ado, the shocked assembly passed the resolution. Next day, it learned that the objectionable booklet was about France and Gallipoli during World War I, and had been out of print for 25 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Wee Frees Catch Up | 6/4/1945 | See Source »

...place of what is commonly called realism, Mr. Deval has injected a haunting atmosphere of champagne and hotel rooms in the wee hours of morning. Occasionally the dialogue becomes rather involved and the situation somewhat muddled, but Miss Lawrence is always on hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 12/15/1944 | See Source »

...mail boy" Polhemus was seen sitting in Hank "the Bruin" Sheller's room in the wee hours last Sunday noon, waiting to bring the news of the SCUCLA game to Hank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lucky Bag | 11/28/1944 | See Source »

...Boso and Rod Cless room together... Bozo, an old New Orleans man himself, insisted that Louie played the river with King Oliver on the Capitol before the King went to Chicago, despite the statement of many critics to the contrary ... Caught the dinner show at Nick's, where Pee Wee comes out at night and Miff Mole looks at his watch every five minutes to make sure that he doesn't play overtime ... Then to Cafe downtown for a word with Josh White ... Benny Morton's band just moved in with some tasty clarinet by Prince Robinson...

Author: By C.t. Kallman, | Title: JAZZ, ETC. | 9/22/1944 | See Source »

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