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Word: carly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Finally at two o'clock on the dot a car pulled up to unload five "fools," one rooster, one hen, one pig, one heifer, one dog, one goat, and one skunk. The crowd surged up Plympton Street, through the main gate, up the steps of Widener, in the front door, and through the reading room, band, animals, and enlookers which by this time included most of the Cambridge Latin student body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Poon Pet Show Enjoys Brief Glory | 2/20/1948 | See Source »

...students' relying too heavily on Hymarx, may I suggest that Hymarx be put on "Suggested" reading lists Most students have an impression of "Suggested" reading similar to the streetcar riders shown in Dahl's cartoon for the Boston "El," all carefully avoiding the mysterious middle space in the car. By the simple addition of Hymarx to their lists, teachers would have no fears, for who over heard of anyone reading a book on a "Suggested" reading list? Richard D. Stone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Solves Hymarx Problem | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

...concerned himself with a less apparent wasteland. Among the best of Koerner's new pictures was Subway, a familiar scene made into a nightmare of sharp realism. Koerner used one anti-realistic stunt: he vastly enlarged the head of the desperate man in the rear of the car (see cut). "That man wants to get out," Koerner says. "People would think he was crazy. But what about the woman across the aisle, who needs to be looked at and yet hates it, or that fellow playing solitaire? Maybe they are the crazy ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wasteland | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

...fourth man in the car appears again in Monkey Bars, a painting of a sullen couple glaring dully and fixedly at each other through a jungle gym swarmed, over by batlike children. "I paint what I've seen," says Koerner, "and I've seen that look of animosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wasteland | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

Remodeled Price. The 1948 model Cadillac, with a wide new interior and finlike rear fenders, went on display in Detroit. The big new car also has a big new price: up 9.5% over last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts & Figures, Feb. 16, 1948 | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

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