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Word: complained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from the opening of Congress. What kept him away was the misery in his back. Said Harry Parker sadly: "The Lord has took me up the big hill for 60-odd years, but now He's put on my brakes and it ain't for me to complain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 15, 1940 | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

Twenty years ago, parents in the little town of Oakley, Idaho began to complain that their children were growing up with dark brown, pitted teeth. After long investigation, curious dentists found that the mottling was caused by fluorine (a relative of iodine, chlorine, bromine) in the town's new water supply. At considerable expense, Oakley parents dug another set of wells. Ten years later they proudly reported that children drinking "pure" water from the new wells had teeth white and glistening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mottled Teeth | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

...forgotten in A day in the Life of a Mr. Cochran's Young Lady, where the chorines, after telling about a long, hard day, complain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Small Boys in Bed | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

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