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Word: constantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Through years of constant practice, irascible old (70) John L. Lewis has developed a fiendish skill at lobbing verbal harpoons into the A. F. of L.'s fussy, proper old (77) President William Green. Lewis once denied that the A. F. of L. had any head at all; its neck, he said, "just haired over." Last week he let headless Bill Green have it again. The cause of his ire: Green's public promise that "Labor" would sign a no-strike pledge whenever the President asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: We Do Our Own Cooking | 9/11/1950 | See Source »

Though he invariably writes with an air of great authority, Martin has pulled such bloomers as: "Among those who know Algernon Hiss . . ." Martin argues his views plausibly, sometimes brilliantly, but he is torn by constant doubt, often reflects the opinion of the last man to have his ear. Martin is no party liner, but since the magazine's unofficial policy board is made up of such anti-Communists as Labor M.P. Richard Grossman and such proCommunists as Alexander Werth (who is currently a Titoist). the editorial policy is as changeable as Martin. Said one British Socialist last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Puzzles & Politics . | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

...heard were the World Series. After he got out of the Navy he started Dallas' station KLIF, began broadcasting from teletyped play-by-play accounts flashed to him from a Manhattan office. Under fire at first from minor-league owners, McLendon soon convinced them that his broadcasts (and constant plugging of minor-league clubs) were helping to fill local ballparks by whipping up baseball interest. When other stations in Texas and Oklahoma began clamoring to be tied in to his broadcasts, his network got under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Old Scotchman | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

First String Not Constant...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Jordan Picks Varsity Squad Of 37 Men, With 15 Sophs | 9/1/1950 | See Source »

...Epsom Downs, under a smiling summer sky. The Royal Academy voted it "Picture of the Year" in 1858, and London's National Gallery hung it in a place of honor. For decades, Derby Day was railed off to protect it from the crush, and a bobby stood constant guard near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Fashion Note | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

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