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Word: dears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Royal dukes customarily sign letters with only their Christian names. The Duke of Gloucester wrote to T. U. C.'s onetime Chairman William Holmes on Red Cross matters and signed the letter "Henry." Taking it for granted that this was a democratic gesture, William Holmes wrote back: "Dear Henry," signed his letter "Bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The King Joins the Union | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

Tousled old Painter John Sloan, still a lively experimentalist at 69, produced his explanation of why art is dear. Because "people consume our product without buying it," he moaned, "an artist has to pay a good deal of rent to have a nice place to store his unsold paintings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 9, 1940 | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

Following the precedent of "Brother Rat" authors Monks and Finklehoffe have located the story in a college and have filled it with glamor-boys and pretty co-eds. This time it is dear old Bailey U. that takes the alma mater honors and the life is quite a revelation. Armed with forged Groton diplomas and a beer-hall background, Maxie and stooge Sid Silvers crash Bailey to run an underground bookie racket and take the students for an expensive ride on the ponies. From there on it is a mad chase from physiology classroom to basketball floor to the girl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 12/6/1940 | See Source »

...time and both at the same time. . . ." But then, it suddenly seems scarcely important: "It was long ago, long ago-and not even an echo of that turbulence was left in this room. . . . Trollope is dead. . . . Joaquin Miller is white-headed and mute and quiet in his dear mountains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tired Volcano | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...Evening Mail. She had done work for the Interchurch World Movement, turned out articles for the Saturday Evening Post, collaborated with Prince Christopher of Greece on the history of his family. Back in the creative groove again, she has just turned out a book on her childhood called How Dear to My Heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Goo | 11/25/1940 | See Source »

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