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Word: dears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dear Mr. Eisenhower," it read, "In the hustle & bustle of visiting the islands, we wonder if such a man as you doesn't get a little weary with the luncheons, teas and dinners? . . . If you have a spare hour or two and would like to relax, please consider our home as your own . . . We . . . would treasure the memory of your visit for a lifetime . . . We promise not to mention statehood for Hawaii, Korea, your Cabinet-or Mr. Truman. We will ask you about Mamie, your children, your grandchildren, and let you play with our six-months-old son . . . Hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mission Completed | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

...proposals to the country as fast as he put them to the Assembly, then calmly told the Deputies: here it is; approve it, or give the responsibility to someone else. The reaction from back home suddenly sounded louder & clearer than the Parisian sidewalk café arguments so dear to French politicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Man with a Voter's Face | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

...salutation "Dear Brethren" became "Dear Fellow Christians" at the behest of women delegates, some of whom felt slighted by ''brethren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Council Speaks | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

Firing Up "Nancy dear," said U.S. Steel's Chairman Ben Fairless, "come on up here with Grandpappy and light your furnace." Before a crowd of 200 Big Steel officials, families and friends, Fairless' red-haired seven-year-old granddaughter touched an oil torch to a 6-ft. fuse, which began to sputter like a Fourth of July sparkler. Inside a giant blast furnace, the fuse ignited a stack of oil-soaked railroad ties, which in turn set fire to a charge of coke and started the furnace. A few minutes later, Nancy's sister Carol, 5, touched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Firing Up | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

Presumably, these losses would be a sacrifice to the miniscule number who study while others entertain. Presumably, too, they would be a sacrifice to the principle of Social Pattern, dear to the hearts of prep-school administrators. In any case, this work represents as logical a bit of reasoning as belief in Santa Claus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Dirge | 12/19/1952 | See Source »

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