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Word: barringer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Far from acquiescing to last spring's angry squeals about the nightly barring of the Wiggles-worth east gate, College officials have reacted with unprecedented violence, and slammed the portal shut once and for all. Nowadays, it is a common sight to see pale Freshmen pressing their noses between the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Open and Shut | 7/29/1947 | See Source »

To clear up the blur, the owner of a pay-as-you-see television set would only have to call "Phone Vision" on his telephone, tell the operator what show he wanted to see; the price of admission would be added to his phone or electric light bill. A small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Pay-As-You-See | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

The 66-page measure struck in three directions: at the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act, at the Norris-LaGuardia (anti-injunction) Act, at Communist influence in trade unions. Its chief points (see box) were long, strong and sharp. They were nailed down by stern rules and broad new definitions. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Challenge | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

"At the end of the war . . . the American military authorized the minority groups to have radio services. . . . The response was gratifying. Letters requesting more information poured in from over the country. It should have surprised no one, therefore, that last fall pressures began to restrict Protestant radio privileges. These behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Twilight in Italy | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

According to their maker, these painted imaginings symbolize nothing at all. "I hate symbols as much as I hate tradition," Magritte told TIME's Brussels correspondent. "Symbols are what you learn at school, but to be a surrealist, as I am, means barring from your mind all remembrance of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Be Charming | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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