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Word: bil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have been too lavish with our bil lions and too sparing of our brains. Europeans now accept our aid as nothing more than their due, as they cut down on their own efforts, including military service. We should reduce drastically our foreign establishments, drop our giveaway programs and use some of the taxpayers' money thus saved to make the U.S. as impregnable as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgments & Prophecies, Sep. 6, 1954 | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

...think the bil is unconstitutional at all," Evans said, "and if it's a sound proposition, we ought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State Committee Approves Medical School Subsidies | 4/15/1954 | See Source »

...formidable surprise!" says Transcriber Paul Fleuriot de Langle. The papers comprise a diary which records Napoleon's conversations throughout the exile, and a regular summary of daily court life. But everything was written in a private shorthand of hieroglyphic complexity, e.g., "N.a. j. et. d. sa. sal. de bil une Ba; il. dde au Gm. sil sa. ce. q. c'e. C'une ma. de G. il d. dab. q. cest un bal. p. ses enf. Est ce p. ser. a desc. sur un remp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Marshal & Master | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

...selling itself by weight. Much of Sammy Fain's music has genuine bounce and swing. But under the handicap of its surroundings, it often suggests the playroom with the radio going. A so-so cast includes Singer Yma Sumac, whose voice spans four octaves. It is Bil & Cora Baird's puppets that are much the gayest, most stylish, least wooden things in the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, may 28, 1951 | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

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