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Word: ch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Damn my own left-wing compulsions," said Sinclair ("Red") Lewis, 65 (Main Street, Babbitt, Dodsworth), to the New York Times at his cháteau in Florence, Italy. "I'm always trying to tie ribbons on lampposts ... I don't know what to do about anything. I'm not a reformer. I really don't care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 13, 1950 | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...Chêne, the French-born parish priest, scurried for a cup of black coffee. By the time he had returned with it, 'Alina, her paralysis gone, was able to sit up and drink. She was rushed off to the hospital at nearby Gonaïves, then moved 'to another at Port-au-Prince. There, some 600 curious Haitians visited the ward to gape at la revenante (the returned one). Many nodded knowingly and whispered tales of the walking dead. Said Alina: "When I died, I found myself in a place where a lot of people were talking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: La Revenante | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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