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Word: sluggishness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...line with the twinkling lights of Love Field's long north-south runway, lowered the wheels and wingflaps for landing. Suddenly the outboard right engine sputtered and died. The two good engines bellowed as he poured power to them to lengthen his glide, but the Aztec was caught-sluggish and vu'nerable-in the drag of her extended landing gear and flaps. "She's a goner." shouted First Officer Robert Lewis. The Aztec's nose went up as she shuddered in a stall. Her left wing dipped and she swirled drunkenly into the corrugated metal corner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTER: The Price You Pay | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...Pomerantz figured that near the north magnetic pole in northeastern Canada the earth's magnetic field is so feeble that even the most sluggish rays should make the grade. He also reasoned that if he could find rays so feeble that they could not theoretically get through the supposed magnetic field of the sun, he would have proved that such a field does not exist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: No Magnetic Field? | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...autograph hounds, seven- stars had journeyed to London to show themselves at this week's Royal Film Performance. O'nce disdained as a last resort of the screen's has-beens, personal appearances have grown into a multi-million-dollar studio campaign to pep up a sluggish box office. Hollywood has learned that a star in the flesh can fatten a cinemansion's receipts by as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: In the Flesh | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

Kirkland squeaked past Calhoun in the closing seconds of the game when halfback Frank Nolan snatched an end zone pass away from two defending Elis to register the only score. The Deacons had threatened several times before, but frequent interceptions had kept the sluggish Calhoun team in the game. Nolan was Kirkland's big noise all afternoon, running, passing, receiving, and backing up the line on defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Wins Football Title, Beats Berkeley 7-0; Four More Crimson Teams Triumph | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

...Holgate has attempted to install too much of the Michigan system too quickly. As a result, his offense is often sluggish and poorly executed. However, Yale does have a fine passer in McCandless, and he constitutes the Blue's most potent offensive threat. Princeton had little difficulty going through the defensive line last week...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: JV Grid Contest Will Be Tossup | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

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