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Word: bring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...story is essentially Mama's courageous fight to bring up her kids, keep down her relatives, and make the money go around. Her fictitious bank account is a comforting (if non-existent) reserve, and next to Mama, the Bank is the most wonderful thing in life. Uncle is also wonderful (well-played by Oscar Homolka) for he tells off all the persnickety aunts; but he's somewhat terrifying and always drunk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I Remember Mama | 4/16/1948 | See Source »

Parson Patrick decided to bring the secret suffering into the open. One Sunday last month, when the time came to start his sermon, he told the worshipers: "Today you'll have a treat. I'll read you a sermon sent to me in the form of a letter. Some of your names are mentioned in it, but ... it's all for the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Poison Pen | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...further reminder in Secretary Ivanissevich's announcement of a new section of his Secretariat, which was obviously designed to emphasize the supremacy of the Peronista state over private lives. The new section is named "The Teacher is a Friend." To it, students are urgently invited to bring all personal problems which they feel they cannot discuss with parents, brothers, guardians, or friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Know Less, Feel More | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

Every fortnight, Batista drives off to Palm Beach, Orlando or Fort Pierce for secret meetings with aides who bring the political word from Cuba and take back his instructions. Only when the Cuban government discovers an arms cache and shouts "Batista plot" are Floridians reminded that their guest is dynamite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Senator from Daytona | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...Archbishop is also president of his church's Council of Healing, organized four years ago to bring spiritual and medical healing techniques closer together. Recently the Council received the backing of the cautious British Medical Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Blind Healer | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

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