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Word: dears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conceivable shades of blue and green mold." Underneath a study table heaped with notes scrawled on brown paper bags, paste pots, unpaid bills and old quill pens sat an assortment of patient, sighing dogs-preponderantly Skye terriers, since Queen Victoria had been partial to Skyes. And since the dear Queen was whispered to have been partial to flannel underwear, garments of the best bluish-green Welsh flannel were generally draped over the study furniture and fireplace screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: I Remember Mama | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

Most nostalgic note in the book: an exchange of letters between Melvin Hall's father and the Winton (automobile) Corporation, circa 1898: "Dear Mr. Winton: I am now in possession of my horseless carriage, which is giving me fine service. There is one feature, however, which disturbs me, and that is the question of repair of . . . puncture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Over the Hills & Far Away | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

Last week the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England, was happy to get a letter from the son of a U.S. Methodist minister. The letter began: "My dear Archbishop: I have this day placed at your disposal with the British Embassy in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Common Heritage | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

...story: "She came home that evening frozen stiff. 'Frau Budde,' I said to her. 'You better warm your hands in hot water.' When I got her a pot of hot water, and she put her hands in, she all of a sudden fell over. 'Dear me,' I said, 'what's the matter, Frau Budde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: The Great Frost | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

...dear Reader, happen to have a glass in hand, filled to the brim with mellow Hungarian wine, remember the old Hungarian peasant saying: Adjon Isten bort, buzát, békességet - God give us wine, wheat and peace." So mused the magazine New Hungary recently in a wistful article on the possibility of exporting more wine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Anniversary Jokes | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

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