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Word: weren (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long as schoolboy conversations were intellectual Robert got along fine, a classmate remembers, but surrounded by small talk, Robert sat morose, "exactly as though he weren't getting enough to eat or drink." The boy told his favorite English teacher, Herbert Winslow Smith: "I'm the loneliest man in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eternal Apprentice | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

...Bearcat in the U.S. of the '20s. Not a single one of the plant's buildings escaped bomb damage; 95% of its remaining equipment was dismantled. "It was all earmarked for India," related Plant Manager Kurt Donath, "but then India was divided into two nations which apparently weren't on the best of terms. Anyway, the representative of one part came here and took all the good machines. Later the representative of the other part came, saw the condition of what was left, and went away in a huff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Success Story | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...Wars weren't the only things that the system succeeded in winning. Since the resumption of the rivalry, the Crimson has come out on the short end of a 10 to 3 record, with two games ending...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Early Victories Give Crimson 16-10 Margin in Army Series | 10/16/1948 | See Source »

...extremely nervous," Gurland continued, "and he made me drive about 38 or 40 miles an hour while weaving through traffic. It's surprising we weren't picked up by some of the police cars that we passed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Still Searching for Gunman Who Kidnaped College Instructor | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

...Leicester players actually weren't prepared for any kind of football. By half-time their coach admitted "the team is out of condition," and by mutual consent the remaining periods were shortened to ten minutes each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvees Trample Leicester, 42 to 0 | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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