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Word: blue (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite the Varsity's current skein of nine victories in the ten matches since the early southern tour, the team will definitely be the underdog. The Blue squad is stocked with nationally-ranked tournament players, who appear on paper far superior to what the Crimson can offer...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Tennis Squad Takes On Elis In New Haven | 5/12/1948 | See Source »

...inspectors to track down the 391 cases of glucose; nearly 800 state and local health officials joined in. By last week all but 49 cases had been located. For some, the warning came too late. Three deaths and a dozen patients with serious reactions (vomiting, diarrhea, low blood pressure, blue skin) were reported, all in the area between Louisville and Miami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Mystery of CM-8164 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Patricia, a cheery, blue-eyed blonde, is a girl who likes to play the piano, sing mezzo-soprano, play golf and watch the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. She hopes to go to Milwaukee-Downer College. She doesn't date much ("I've concentrated on scholarship"). When Patricia got word that she had won, her mother was more excited than she was. "Golly, was she excited," says Patricia. "I suppose I won't get excited until tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best by Test | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...parents who gave in. "We have talked," said one, "until we are blue in the face." Finally almost all the parents signed a petition asking the school-board members to quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Walkout in Texas | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...juvenile delinquency ... So the parents can't budge the children, eh? And as a solution they [try to] fire the duly elected authorities who made the rules .. . We came up in a generation when a certain part of the rebellious child's anatomy would have been blue." At week's end, over half of the 130 students were still out on strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Walkout in Texas | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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