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Word: dears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...emotional conflict which looks from here to be as ill-fated as many of its predecessors from across the Atlantic. Its success in London may have been due in part to playright Terence Rattigan's gift for easy dialogue and his mastery of subtle character analysis, two qualities dear to the hearts of British theatre-goers. But deep down, beneath the morass of complex personal relationships, the play is without core. Rattigan guides his characters' development with delicate artistry, but when called upon, can never quite resolve the tangled ends of their psychoses into a unified, coherent theory...

Author: By Joseph P. Lorenz, | Title: The Deep Blue Sea | 10/15/1952 | See Source »

...addict to reply: Why? Tobacco is a drug but a good drug. Consider the eminent and distinguished persons, men & women, of high repute, superior judgments and discriminating tastes, who find comfort and release from nervous tensions through the soothing influence of this mild narcotic . . . Lady Nicotine is a dear . . . Don't ever let them take it away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 13, 1952 | 10/13/1952 | See Source »

...dear Mr. Munch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ATTENTION MR. MUNCH | 10/9/1952 | See Source »

...vacation in 1951 and, while there, bought a cigarette case for Harry Truman. "I didn't know whether he smoked, dipped or chewed," the witness volunteered (the President does not use tobacco in any form). But the gift won him a presidential thank-you note which began informally, "Dear Lamar," and he admitted that "I thought I was makin' some time." That was less than three weeks before the roof fell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Mess (Continued) | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

...Dear Mr. Roback...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: As Student and Teacher, Santayana Left Mark on College | 9/30/1952 | See Source »

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