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Word: agee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Europe's bankruptcy was caused not merely by World War II but by a far more profound historic change. Miss Ward calls it the end of the 19th Century. That vanished age was essentially a British age. Britannia's vessels ruled the waves, and Britannia's notions of free trade ruled markets and minds. Britannia's notions of the balance of power kept the world in a rough & ready sort of peace. That order came to an end with the 20th Century's world wars, colonial rebellions, and (above all) the rise of U.S. power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICIES & PRINCIPLES: The U.S. on the Spot | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...Karas your rabbit's foot and Lockwood," quots the venerable sage of the age...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey occ, | Title: Sage of the East Says Lou Little Too Late | 10/2/1948 | See Source »

...time because no one could wait until they had made a funny-type picture with this jovial cat and Katherine Hepburn. The result has recently been exhumed under the eyebrow-raising title of "Bringing Up Baby"--"Baby" being this sweet tempered kitty. It seemed a lot funnier at the age of twelve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bringing Up Baby | 9/29/1948 | See Source »

Despite those achievements, Alexander wants it understood that he is no "curiosity;" and his brother, Archibald McColl '52, age 17, who will room with him, backs him up in this assertion. Alexander likes horseback riding and sailing, and shares a collection of antique weapons with his brother...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boy, 14, Is Youngest Here in Years | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

McColl was eight months old when he started to talk, and at the age of four he amazed a first grade class he was visiting by counting to 100 by fives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boy, 14, Is Youngest Here in Years | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

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