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Word: chider (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...well have been neither so noticeable nor so illuminating. On the other hand, Britain's cylinder might have sputtered a little less had Author Wells been firmly pressed into the national service. Pity or not, at 70* H. G. Wells remains what he has always been-a cheerful chider of human shortcomings, with one exuberant eye cocked on his fellow Englishmen. Last week he made headlines with his latest proposals to reform education (see p. 44). And last week he published his 76th book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spark Plug | 9/13/1937 | See Source »

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