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Word: answerable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Attlee came as close as he ever does to flourishing his fist in the enemy's face. Said he in answer to the Tories' meeting 170 miles to the south at Wolverhampton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: With Banners | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...British miners throng into the medieval town of Durham (pop. 16,000) in northeastern England for what they call the "Miners' Gala" (pronounced gayler). Last week nearly half a million squeezed through the narrow streets to the race course beneath the castle. They heard Labor Party leaders defiantly answer the Tory Party's bid for votes. The Durham gala, which began in 1861 with a protest march against dangerous conditions in the pits, is always a living symbol of the bitter class consciousness of British labor. This year-was no exception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: With Banners | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...more than two hours the officers bickered. Then Barrios announced that a junta had been formed and sent two tanks to the National Palace to demand Arevalo's surrender. The President's defiant answer: "My term is six years. I will serve not one minute less and not one minute more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Strong Man Out | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...rejuvenated bureau, explained Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, Ind., head of the reorganization committee, will "send out publicity releases [and] answer questions by secular papers regarding Catholics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: On the Attack | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...solution? Nearly a million record buyers have done just that. But millions of others have hesitated. RCA Victor has by far the world's largest recording roster of fine artists. Would the rest of the industry be pulled into RCA's strong orbit? Until they had the answer, many record collectors stopped buying altogether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Want to Buy a Record Player? | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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