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Word: airings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last month, Rita came back. When her husband asked her if she would like to fly to Baie Comeau to pick up a box of jewelry she trustingly agreed. Albert bought her ticket, took her to the airport, where he paid 50? for a $10,000 air-travel insurance policy, naming himself as beneficiary. Meanwhile, according to the Mounties, Mrs. Pitre, who admitted she had bought two sticks of dynamite for Guay, arrived with the package...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Flight to Baie Comeau | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...Atlanta, does even an "ook" give out with a wolf whistle, but? No. When girls pass by, more likely the air is rent with cries of "Woowoo, choo-choo," or even a snatch of verse: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, come on, baby, you must, you must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Where You Goin', But? | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Maestro Arturo Toscanini landed on the dock in Manhattan, hale and chipper after a four-month sojourn in Italy and what he announced would be his last boat trip. "I enjoyed the voyage," admitted the 82-year-old perfectionist, but it took too long: from now on "I prefer air travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Footloose | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

After its unveiling on the air, those who doubted their ears could buy the record themselves (from Butterworth, for $3) and listen again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Night at the Opera | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...network executives, CBS Director of Sports Red Barber has worried a lot about this state of affairs. "We asked ourselves what we could do that the independent station could not do," said Barber, "and the answer was the Football Roundup." Instead of bringing a single big game to the air, the three-hour CBS Roundup (Sat. 2:30 p.m., E.S.T.) brings 20. From a master studio in Manhattan, Barber has direct wires to a group of five "live" stations, each covering a different sectional game as though it were a regular broadcast. Also, capsule summaries of lesser games are phoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Twenty in One | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

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