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Word: ace (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...radio comedy leans heavily on dumb-belles. Last week, in the artfully stumbling footsteps of Gracie Allen, Jane Ace and other attractive dunderheads, a blonde newcomer was malapropping her way to the top. My Friend Irma (CBS, Mon. 10 p.m., E.S.T.), a situation comedy about a dumb stenographer and her smart roommate, was doing all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Dizzy Blonde | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

...Kenary, ace passer and left halfback, will definitely not play. Neither will guard Nick Rodis or end Stretch Mazzone. The availability of center Chuck Glynn is doubtful, but guard Emil Drvaric and end Bob Kennedy, both absent since the Western Maryland game, will definitely return to action Saturday. The doctors added that Chip Gannon is all right and can engage in contact work...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Kenary Out of H.C. Tilt; New Backs Scrimmage | 10/16/1947 | See Source »

...Ace in the Hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 22, 1947 | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

While other nations have given in to self-pity and threats to go all-out for Communism, the Japanese are proving that hard work and plain guts are the only methods which will enable a beaten nation to revive itself. Japan may be America's "ace in the hole" in a future war. General MacArthur knows it, but does Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 22, 1947 | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...Kind of Stupid." Last week CBS's Ace was doggedly plugging away at a new script show, a projected variety program, new props for the Little Show. He was also putting the finishing touches on a new show for Jane. ''But she's pretty fussy," says Ace. "We offered her a 7 p.m. spot, and she wouldn't take it because it interfered with her cocktails. Then we suggested a half-hour program, once a week, but she was afraid of the audience. Finally CBS said to give her anything she wanted -so she picked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Aces Up | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

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