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Word: slowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Building bridges is slow work. The Eliot Bridge,e which will span the Charles River between Soldiers Field Road and the traffic circle at the west end of Memorial Drive, will take a year to complete...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

...women's colleges was clear to Smith's new president: they must thoroughly investigate "the role of women in contemporary life," and perhaps change their curricula accordingly. The "older and more firmly established" colleges had been slow to do so. "I can see no justification," said he, "for allowing the newer and frankly experimental colleges to take the initiative in making the investigations and the trials which may seem to be called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: What For? | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

This was primarily because the Crusader linemen were as slow as they were big and because the Crimson was really pounding for the first time this season...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Crimson Beat Crusaders On Ground Plays | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Coach Bill Osmanski is proceeding, after a fashion, through his second season at Worcester with a typical Holy Cross team--as far as the line goes. It is big, heavy, and slow, and opponents have been making merry with it all fall...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Crimson, Crusader Elevens Try for First Victory Today | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

...fairness it cannot be said, however, that the concert was not enjoyable. There were several moments of great beauty, especially in the slow moments of the sonatas and in the eleventh variation on the Mozart theme. Mr. Brown succeeded in putting a great deal of feeling into his playing at these times. All the singing qualities of the instrument that were missing in other movements appeared here...

Author: By Brenton WELLING Jr., | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 10/28/1949 | See Source »

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