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Word: careful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...teen-agers collected. Police arrived in time to escort the Negroes safely from the park. But all that afternoon fist fights blazed up; Negro boys were chased and beaten by white gangs. In the gathering dusk, one grown-up rabble-rouser spoke out. "Want to know how to take care of those niggers?" he shouted. "Get bricks. Smash their heads, the dirty, filthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSOURI: Gentleman's Agreement | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Before the shy volcano stopped growing late in 1945, it reached a height of about 1,000 feet. Said Professor Tanakadate, of the rare phenomenon that had been observed with such care: "It may be a source of fear and destruction to the ordinary inhabitants of the area, but to scientists it is a source of wonder and delight. Actually, we scientists know so little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Shy Volcano | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

...part of the local scenery, appearing in time for football games, and disappearing after the Yard Concerts--a group that spent its days taking notes and its nights playing bridge, using odd moments to snare men and write papers. Where this all led to nobody knew, or seemed to care--gone by the end of May, Radcliffe was always back in September and the faces seemed pretty much the same. Now it turns out that some graduate in the spring, and the event is not incredible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Batter Up... | 6/22/1949 | See Source »

There are no Eastern Intercollegiate titles riding on the outcome of the contest--Yale took care of that when it eliminated the Crimson from title contention Monday down at New Haven. Instead there will merely be half a century of Class Day baseball tradition to egg the players on, and the largest and most partisan crowed of the year installed in the venerable stands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Meets Yale in Class Day Batt Game | 6/22/1949 | See Source »

...would back a Russian promise that there would be no reprisals against returning strikers. Said Reuter: "The Western powers are not small children who don't keep their promises." An angry striker yelled back: "It's too late. We know the Russians. The Western powers will take care of us-after we've disappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: We Know the Russians | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

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