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Word: beholds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...half-rotten produce. The Giovannis were ruined. So they opened a furniture store with Mme. Giovanni's belongings. As it was beginning to prosper, an Irishman and friend appeared, wanted to see Mme. Giovanni, and laughed loudly when Giovanni told them that the lady was his wife. "Behold the rascal," they cried, "who allows himself to have a wife entirely to himself in San Francisco!", Then one put his hand on his revolver and said: "We want to see her!" One Irishman shot Giovanni through the shoulder while the other drove a knife into his thigh. Giovanni blew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dumas Returns | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...team lines up in, say, a single wing to the right with line unbalanced to the right. Then people start wandering all over the place, with the fullback spinning just to make it a little more complicated, and to and behold, there is a single-wing to the left, with line likewise. In the meantime, the chances are 100 to 1 that one of the defensive linemen has crossed the line of scrimmage and then comes the horn and five yards. It never misses, although people swear up and down that it's not intended to draw offsides. Just happens...

Author: By Robert S. Landau, | Title: Passing the Buck | 10/8/1943 | See Source »

...King James: "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ... Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: New Testament Improved | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

...behold a world as selfish, just as selfish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revival | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

...Corbett's life are allowed to interfere only slightly in Pugilist Flynn's career, but fans will not complain. They can see oldtime titans destroy each other with bare knuckles in gaslit, neolithic exhibitions of carnage-under-contract. Gentleman Jim's footwork is a joy to behold (and is beheld from all camera angles). The pictured versions of his classic bouts with Joe Choynski, Jake Kilrain, et al. seem, to modern eyes, even to improve on the originals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 14, 1942 | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

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