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Word: boxful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Music-lovers at Cairo's Opera House had trouble paying attention to the stage. Ablaze in a box were King Farouk's beauteous sisters Fawzia (Queen of Iran) and Faiza, looking, respectively, like the Dragon Lady and a Hudson's Bay Co. advertisement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 24, 1947 | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

First, Scott explained, he took a drop of the patient's blood and put it in a small black "analyzing" box. From this he determined the patient's "frequency." Then he tuned the "curing" box to the right wavelength, and its healing waves followed the patient wherever he went, like Mary's little lamb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aetheronics | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

...dissatisfied Scott patient complained that the little black box was not the right, treatment for her; five experts for the state testified that that did not surprise them a bit. But four prominent Erie citizens, also Scott patients, had a different story. One of them, old Rev. John Keehley, said that after three months of Scott's wave treatment, his voice, cracked and failing these 20 years, grew strong enough to fill the Luther Memorial Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aetheronics | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

Koussevitzky leaned over the railing of Box No. 55, beaming like a polished apple, while his prize protege took four bows. Said Lenny Bernstein (whom Koussevitzky calls Lenyushka): "It was pretty awe-inspiring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Baton Week | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

Harsh winter weather kept a lot of U.S. moviegoers at home during the past few weeks. Variety reported a noticeable slump at box offices. But neither snow nor slush nor biting winds bit too deeply into the popularity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Midwinter Favorites | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

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