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Word: busyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Communists showed their relief. In the Senate palace, Luis Carlos Prestes, Brazil's No. 1 Communist, popped up one afternoon to return some papers to the Commission of Justice, of which he is a member. He explained that he had been "too busy lately" to work on them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Rebound | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

Not for some four months will Brazil's busy Supreme Tribunal consider the legality of Brazil's Communist Party. In the meantime, the battle between Dutra and the Communists centers on the still active Communist Congressmen. Only Congress itself can fire them, and Dutra's P.S.D. (Social...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Rebound | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

NBC now televises an average of 28 hours a week, and about 23 of them have the same announcer. Robert S. (for nothing) Stanton's busy schedule includes all Giant baseball games at the Polo Grounds, two evenings a week of prize fights, a studio show (U.S. Rubber'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Television | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

Why did I start to paint in my old age?, well to tell the truth, I had neuritus and artheritus so bad I could, do but little work, but had to keep busy to pass the time away. ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Grandma Explains | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

Last week, homeward bound with a headful of Americana, busy Barbara Ward was a little disturbed by some U.S. attitudes. Much of the U.S., she said, seemed to be in a mood to let the rest of the world go by. She hoped, nevertheless, that the U.S. would invest thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Barbara Abroad | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

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