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Word: whit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...show has its very real assets: Nanette Fabray who, without losing one whit of her looks, keeps gaining in versatility and charm; and Ray Middleton, who has both voice and personality. It has some admirably lively and stylish Michael Kidd dances. It has one of Kurt Weill's most attractive scores, ranging from satiric little ditties like Progress to the full-throated tunefulness of Green-Up Time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Oct. 18, 1948 | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

This is not to detract a whit from the coaching or the Crisler system that sprung Crimson runners around end time and time again for long gains; the "Michigan efficiency" is probably the key to the season as a whole. But the key to Saturday's score was more nearly found by Red Smith in his Herald Tribune story...

Author: By Chuck Bailey, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...homespun diplomat with a New Hampshire twang, portly "Whit" Whittemore milked cows as a boy in Pembroke, later tried railroading, sat on the New Hampshire tax commission, and ran. a lumber business. In 1929 he joined the Boston & Maine Railroad, became assistant to the president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: New Crew | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

First event on the 8 o'clock program will be a wrestling exhibition between Harvard 165-pounder Donald Louria and M.I.T. captain Whit Mauzy, whom Louria edged this winter, 4 to 3. Fencers Neil McNeil and Bill Raney will put on foil and sabre exhibitions with M.I.T.'s Mario Abbatte and Frank Kellogg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Latin School Benefit Stars Louria, Fencers | 5/7/1948 | See Source »

Many a Canadian who has watched U.S. investment grow to control a third of Canadian industry worries lest ERP speed up this process. Neither Washington nor Ottawa foresees ERP investment in industry; indeed, both contend that ERP will not reduce Canadian economic independence a whit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Today & Tomorrow | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

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