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Word: slighted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gerald Mann doesn't cuss, doesn't drink, is slight, quick, deep-eyed, and keeps his weight down to his quarterback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Free-for-all | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

...rejuvenation; or they could emphasize the play's melodrama, suspense and horror. Producer Victor Saville (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) and Director George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story) chose the latter. With a tight, smooth script they have spun a slick thriller whose box-office ending is but a slight drawback to a suspenseful 106 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, May 26, 1941 | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...final test is the physical examination which conforms substantially to Navy qualifications. Eyesight standards, however, are not as exacting, and minor defects, such as slight limps, are often excused...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOREIGN SERVICE SEEKS MEN OF ABILITY, SHAW DECLARES | 5/21/1941 | See Source »

...definitely accepted the invitation extended it to participate in the race with Cornell, Syracuse, and the Crimson here this Saturday. As a result of the Bengal's decision to be represented on the Charles for the fourth consecutive weekend, the hope of the the Varsity crew squad for a slight letup in practice have been dashed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IMPROVED PRINCETON EIGHT WILL RACE HERE SATURDAY | 5/21/1941 | See Source »

...said to have been thoroughly explored by swarms of Japanese "fishermen." A "Red" Army was detailed to defend the 6,000-foot great central plateau surrounding Mexico City from a "Blue" Army supposedly advancing from Veracruz. The Red Army, which was supposed to win and was therefore given a slight edge in numbers and equipment, also outwitted the Blues. First Red move was to slam partly motorized infantry and cavalry into the only two eastward passes -over the massif formed by the famous volcano Popocatepetl and by Ixtacihuatl, "the Sleeping Woman"-through almost roadless, thoroughly inaccessible country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: New Army | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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