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Word: bottomly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...anybody except Harry Truman. Any good Democrat will get my vote." But he added that there was no truth in reports that Southern states would hold a rump convention. Even without the South, Harry Truman seemed to be in. National Chairman J. Howard McGrath announced that his rock-bottom figures showed the President with a minimum of 900 of a possible 1,234 votes on the first ballot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Like Death & Taxes | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...know what it is ... I am the one who is going to speak, and what I have to say is-get the hell out of here." Spaak went to France when his country fell, escaped through Spain to London, after hiding from Franco's police in the bottom of an orange-laden truck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Big Man | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Then, in August, Great Britain slapped the 75% ad valorem tax on all U.S. films. The Loew-supported bottom fell out of Screen Plays, Inc. That night, trying to drown their sorrows in gin, the partners succeeded in refloating their enterprise on a tipsy wave of optimism. In four days of desperate rewriting, Screen Plays, Inc. shelled $339,000 off the picture's "nut," without sacrificing the essentials of the story. Loew agreed to stay in. In September, So This Is New York finally went into production-and came out $30,000 under the final budget. Even silent Stan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: How to Finance a Movie | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...halting replies did not disconcert her. She jotted down each one with meticulous care. When it was all over (it had taken 30 minutes), she made a few more notes at the bottom of her clipboard. Telephone? "No." Union member? "No." "Man." "White." She thanked the peddler and moved on to the park adjoining Central Public Library in dirty, downtown Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: The Black & White Beans | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

While Harvard's serum fared well against the Tiger, the bottom of the barrel team which Coach Jim Nuland had to field was outclassed all the way. Last week at Cambridge, a strong Crimson team had been definitely upset by the Tigers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Ruggers Lose to Princeton | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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