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Word: claw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...theaters, whooped the young rebels on. But when, after some 20 years of skirmishes and pitched battle, Jake & Lee* won their war, many producers began to wonder if they had not swapped one tyranny for another. "Instead of Klaw & Erlanger," gagged one, "we've now got tooth & claw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Hogging the Act? | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

Little Finland has been a burr in a bear's paw. The bear has alternately gone after it with tooth & claw, licked it with honeyed tongue. Before last year's elections, Russia offered the Finns a friendship pact, reduced their reparations debt. The maneuver failed. The Finns trotted off to the polls, returned even fewer Communists to the Diet than they had had before. Last week, on the eve of Finland's presidential election, the bear bared his teeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINLAND: Burr | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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