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Word: coffined (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week, as Paul I followed the coffin of George II to its tomb at the royal country estate at Tatoi (demolished by the leftists in 1944), the Greek Government was already speeding up an all-out drive against leftists. Said Paul on taking the crown: "Our eternal country calls upon us to fight for her existence. . . ." Greece had a new King, but its Government's policy was unchanged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Zito o Vassileus | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...defeat at the hands of the Boston Lacrosse Club "B" team Saturday afternoon. The Summary: HARVARD BEC Chamberlain, g. Harford, g. Forsyth, pt. Kirkpatrick, pt. McDonald, c.pt. Weaver, c.pt. Spence, ld. Edmunds, ld. Claflin, 2d. Pickson, 2d. Birdsall, c. Goff, c. Zeigler, 2a. Dobservale, 2a. Bezanson, 1a. Coffin, 1a. Davidson, o.h. Clurman, o.h. Aibel, i.h. Wilson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Lacrosse Club Second Team Defeats '50's Aggregation, 9-7 | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...omnibus are Robert Louis Stevenson's* famed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Notting Hill Mystery, written by an unknown disciple of Wilkie Collins, and J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, in which a deadly vampire lady passes her days snugly in a blood-filled coffin, her nights with her pearly-white incisors sunk gently into a sleeping victim's throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Vampires & Victorians | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

With the meet numerically clinched, the Scarlet put the final nail in the coffin before a happy capacity crowd of home rooters by taking not only the final 400-yard relay, and what adds up to their twenty-second straight victory in dual meet competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Swimmers Bow to Rutgers | 3/15/1947 | See Source »

...month ago, when Bonnard died (TIME, Feb. 3), little Edouard walked among the old men and women in mourning, and saw the master's coffin covered with earth. Edouard knew that Bonnard loved color more than anything in the world, and he had bought a bunch of carnations to go with the somber wreaths. Tucked into the vivid crimson of Edouard's carnations was a white card. A mon cher Maitre, said the hesitant scrawl, avec mon regret eternel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Master & the Prodigy | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

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