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Word: aimlessly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...distinction between being in favor of me and being against you is a difficult one to draw. But, the world being in the delicately balanced state that it is, fine distinctions can be most important. Nothing, except appeasement, is more likely to cause a war than aimless provocation. God knows, we haven't been guilty of appeasement this time. But there is a pattern of unthinking opposition in our foreign policy which is exceedingly dangerous...

Author: By John R. W. smail, | Title: CABBAGES & KINGS | 10/19/1949 | See Source »

Nothing outside of aimless midfield volley went on during the second quarter, but at 6:45 of the third period Goldstein gave Harvard a 3 to 0 lead wish a hard shot from 20 feet out. His pass came from inside right Jon Spivak...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Soccer Squad Whips Cadets In 3-1 Contest | 10/16/1949 | See Source »

...conquering hero. In his home town of Maebashi, a crumbling provincial capital near Tokyo, Handa spent just enough time at his little bicycle shop to keep his wife and two children in rice and modest clothes; the rest of his time he fribbled away in an aimless search for a milder spiritual refuge than the stern Shintoism of his ancestors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Laughing God | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

...just an aimless slaughter...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

...Moseley being the Crimson players involved, but no penalties were called. For the record no penalties being called seemed to be the order of the day in New Haven, as Yale players made copious use of the elbow as an offensive weapon and both sides engaged in aimless tripping and charging...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Six Tops Yale, 8-3, Will Tackle Indians Tonight | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

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