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Word: busyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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While the big political guns boomed on Capitol Hill, a rattle of small-arms fire kept the outposts busy.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Hits & Misses | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

Taft so far had kept his views of rival Republicans to himself. He was busy working over Harry Truman.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Wanna Get Slugged? | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

There was a time when young Pieter van Jaarsveld took it for granted that everybody could see water underground. He could. One day, when he was still very young, Pieter saw his father digging a well in a corner of the family farm beneath which there was obviously (to Pieter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN RHODESIA: Moonshine | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

The welcome mat, therefore, will be dusted off again tonight at 7 o'clock and cast down before the refurbished Crimedifice at 14 Plympton Street. Freshmen will be greeted by the News and Business Boards, Sophomores by the Busy and Editorial Boards.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brew Still Flowing as Crimson Reopens Gates for Candidates | 11/26/1947 | See Source »

It was a very busy weekend for the ambulances and tow trucks. Just ask anyone who drove along the Merritt or Route 5. Cars got jammed up for miles on the way down Saturday morning, as couples got out to look at mashed fenders and shattered grills. Last night in...

Author: By Paul Back, | Title: Women, Whiskey, Accidents Flavored Huge Eli Weekend | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

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