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Word: brass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dear Charley-Send an expert to examine the [Paige Type-Setting Machine]. ... I reckon it will take about a hundred thousand machines to supply the world, & I judge the world has got to buy them-it can't well be helped"; "Rush that brass [stamp]. Don't let a moment be lost. . . . TELEGRAPH ME A RESULT OF SOME SORT IN 24 HOURS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dear Charley | 2/11/1946 | See Source »

Corner-of-the-mouth sociology, good acting, and modern art (primitives that will make art lovers of the calendar lithograph class gasp) give "Scarlet Street" a sophisticated ugliness that is appealing, if only because of its brass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Scarlet Street" and Sally Rand | 2/5/1946 | See Source »

Still calling attention to her brass-trumpet voice, her buck teeth and her knobby arms & legs, Cass Daley last week became radio's most popular comedienne.* The Fitch Co. is busy revising its Sunday night show (NBC, 7:30-8 p.m., E.S.T.) to play up Cass, play down the guest orchestras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Ugly Duckling | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

...Army brass hats wondered what had happened to G.I. morale, they could get one answer from the mid-Pacific Stars and Stripes, which blew off recently in an editorial. Said Stars and Stripes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: From the Ranks | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

With the hurly-burly and posturing of the public hearings over, legislators and brass hats got down to work together last week on a plan for the merger of the Army and Navy. After so many months of pull & haul, it was a relief even to Navymen, who still opposed the merger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MERGER: Down to Planning | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

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