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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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I am appalled by the superficial character of "A Thursday in November." Can't our reasons for thanks be chosen on a higher spiritual level before being put into the form of a Litany? And why must democracy and freedom always be equated with the ends of civilization and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Winner Menzies, once an aloof personality with a tendency to talk down to his audiences, showed a new character in the Liberal-Country Party campaign. He mingled with audiences, took heckling good-naturedly, responded genially to hails of "Bob" from the crowd. He banged away at a single theme with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: The Golden Age Express | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Sir Laurence Olivier, arriving in New York to make his television debut, was saddened because many people in England had misinterpreted the role of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, currently being played in London by his wife, Vivien Leigh. The character is not a prostitute, Sir Laurence explained patiently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Restless Foot | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Nathan P. Carleton '51. one of many owners of 1929 Model A Fords, admits his plain black job "doesn't have much character; it's just a darn good car." Lacking the rustic qualities of a Model T or the urbane class of a Rolls, the car amazed its owner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Jalopies' or 'Antiques,' Some Student Cars Go On Forever | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

In everything except Olivier's Orlando, the movie suffers in comparison to this performance. The songs, the incidental music, the short by-plots--like Touchstone's love-making--all add the necessary rustic flavor that make the play so English. The two shepherd boys who are so deeply in love...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

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