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Word: dubious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Little boasts, however, that his car has other less dubious advantages. "I travel about 100 miles a week in it, and make about 25 miles on a gallon. New tires only cost $9 and, except for a few blowouts, I haven't had any trouble to speak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Jalopies' or 'Antiques,' Some Student Cars Go On Forever | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

After the evolution of ordinary street hockey, the inevitable introduction of plain speed racing, and a dubious form of amusement in which the participants dance while on roller skates, there didn't seem to be much left for people to do on wheels. All this failed to daunt one Lee A. Seltzer, an athletic-minded Chicagoan who figured that the millions of Americans who roller skate and the millions of Americans who wrestle ought to be thrown together in one merry mob. The Roller Derby originated in Chicago...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

...large, loosely organized Christian Democratic Party also contains some dubious figures who frequently embarrass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: A Good European | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

After the Bonner family has been thoroughly disrupted by the trial which Mrs. Bonner wins, Mr. Bonner resorts to such dubious measures as pulling a chocolate pistol on his wife, and later bursting into tears...

Author: By Brenton WELLING Jr., | Title: Adam's Rib | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...players. No less than ten of the athletes discussed are ball players, and come of them, like Hegan and Elliott, just don't merit the attention. Hegan is not a great catcher--he can't hit; Elliott is a mediocre third baseman; and men like Sain and Stephens are dubious choices. Mize, of course, should have been written up many years ago. He belongs to an older school of baseball players...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/26/1949 | See Source »

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