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Word: blessings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Granny gave me a little box of wooden soldiers on my seventh birthday. Oh dear, you wouldn't imagine how pleased I was with them! I drilled them up and I drilled them down, and then one day I took them to the seashore and lost them. Bless my soul, how I cried! My little handkerchief was soaked. And when I came home to tea that night, blubbering and late, my dear old Granny-God bless 'er, her hair was white as snow and her soul whiter still-she says to me: 'Little Archie, cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Fine Art of Swearing | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...film. There are some impressive climax scenes: when Brennan lands in Washington with an empty gas tank, and when his chute opens out against a background of clouds at the end of the picture. Bogart is equally competent whether he is zipping through space or singing "Bless Them All," but Miss Parker's acting in her co-starring scenes is somewhat hackneyed...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 3/10/1950 | See Source »

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