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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jack Benny (Sun. 7 p.m., CBS). Back for a new season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Program Preview, Sep. 12, 1949 | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...When I helped Anna White I had no idea of getting something back," mused Portia. "But now, at a time when I need her most, she comes to me offering to try to get the facts I need to break Steve Ward's alibi. God has a strange and wonderful way of knowing what He's doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Lady Is Insecure | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...being torn between the nice living I've made out of radio and the sense of shame I have at turning out the kind of stuff women listeners demand." Whenever she tried making Portia "more rounded," a sliding Hooperating and a cascade of angry letters sent her scurrying back to the shelter of the nearest clump of clich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Lady Is Insecure | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...awaiting the verdict of the book reviewers, Miss Kent is again back at her typewriter, leading Portia into (and successfully out of) a new maze of troubles. "This is my tenth year of writing Portia Faces Life" she says. Then, glancing nervously at her novel: "Or it will be if I still have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Lady Is Insecure | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

There are seats to match. When Mussolini started summer opera at the baths in 1937, he ordered a theater for 20,000, was seldom able to fill it. At war's end, Romans reduced the seating capacity to 10,000 so that back-row listeners could have a chance to hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera at the Baths | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

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