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Word: busyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dumaine went to work for Coolidge at 14 as a $4-a-week office boy, and became his protégé. Sent to Amoskeag to work in the mill, Dumaine became boss, ran it for 30 years. When the mill, short of cash, collapsed in the depression, Dumaine was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raid on the New Haven | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

The Sainted Sisters (Paramount) are daintily tough Veronica Lake and delicious Joan Caulfield. In flight from the New York police (circa 1895), they stop off for a con girls' holiday in a little town in Maine. They hole up with Barry Fitzgerald, the solidest down-Easter this side of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 17, 1948 | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

With Council busy in Wisconsin, the Crimson Varsity is in as good a position as any boat around to ride home the winner for the second straight year.

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Ten Crews Battle For Sprint Crown | 5/14/1948 | See Source »

Clambering safely out of a running battle with Uncle Sam's Post Office department, Bow Street's busy 'Poonsters will trundle to the stands today with their latest parody, a living replica of The New Yorker.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Post Office Clears 'Poonsters' Second 'New Yorker' Parody | 5/13/1948 | See Source »

Arcaro let Coaltown get a seven-length lead before he moved into second position. Looking back over his shoulder, Arcaro saw that the rest of the field was "too drunk" to threaten. He clucked to Citation and the gap began to close. The two Calumet horses entered the stretch noses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Arcaro Picks a Winner | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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