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Word: ah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...subject. He would 1) keep the present system except for x, c and q; 2) eliminate the neutral second vowels found in such words as colour, labour and honour; 3) substitute "unambiguous symbols" for the consonant combinations sh, zh, wh, th, dh, ng; also for the vowel-consonant combinations ah, aw, at, et, it, of, ut, oot, yoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 2, 1951 | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

...Cardinals' Wilmer ("Vinegar Bend") Mizell, 20, tagged by sportwriters as "the lefthanded Dizzy Dean." In a pure corn-pone drawl, Vinegar explains his nickname: "Vinegar Bend, Mississippi [pop. about 75] is where ah gets mah mail.'' Signed as a barefoot prospect in nearby Leakesville, Miss. (pop. around 1,000) two years ago, Vinegar bounced up the Cardinal chain to Winston-Salem last year, where he won 17 games, struck out 227 batters in 207 innings. Cardinal Manager Marty Marion exults over his huge (6 ft. 3 in., 200 lbs.) pitcher: "He has the livest fast ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Great Expectations | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

...meant that the Majlis was intimidated by the assassination of Premier AH Razmara, who had opposed nationalization of oil.* That was true, but it was only part of the story that had led up to one of the worst calamities to the anti-Communist world since the Red conquest of China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Whose Ox Is Nationalized? | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

Skiman: "Ah, well. Weltanschauung himself once told me he often missed two out of five...

Author: By G. JEROME W. goodman, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 3/7/1951 | See Source »

...audience was whipped up, but Little David had calmed down. "Ah," he said, with a smile of satisfaction, "I'm going to be far away from this teensy little world, but where will you be? Heaven is a safe deposit, don't you want to go and ESCAPE?" "Oh yes, yes," murmured the crowd...

Author: By William A. M. burden, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 2/28/1951 | See Source »

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