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Word: dervish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flamboyant Times-Herald, it would mean a return to the distaff rule that the newspaper had known for eleven whirling-dervish, moneymaking years under the late Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") Patterson. But there the resemblance ended: in temperament and talent, Bazy and her distant cousin were as different as sugar and spice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Castle for the Princess | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

...Like a dervish whirling at three different speeds at once, the U.S. record industry has begun to come apart at the seams. Its head. RCA Victor, has gone flying off at 45 r.p.m.; its right arm, Columbia Records, has spun away at 33½-r.p.m. The body of the industry, including a good part of the Victor and Columbia product, has continued to turn at 78 r.p.m. But one by one, other record companies have been dragged after the two big innovators. Last week Capitol Records, which had already begun to press at the 45 speed on Victortype, seven-inch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Want to Buy a Record Player? | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...Publisher Edward Anthony, who spent several hours a day smoothing feathers ruffled by Ruppel, let the dervish whirl for a while. Then Ruppel cooled off and his staff calmed down. Crowell-Col-lier's top management was prepared to string along with Ruppel: in one year, Collier's advertising linage had dropped 15%, and Crowell-Collier's profits had plummeted from $4,866,000 to $2,419,-ooo. For these deep-seated troubles, a drastic cure was needed. Louis Ruppel was about the most drastic remedy to be found anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Stop the Presses | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...weakness, rival pitchers haven't caught on yet. He hit in 23 consecutive games (the season's longest batting streak). He boasts a fat average of .379 (third highest in the league). In center field, he obviously needs polish, but he covers ground like a wing-footed dervish. His weakness: a none-too-robust throwing arm. Skeptics like to point out that many a brilliant spring rookie has faded before September. But Richie is already being referred to as "Rookie of the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kid from Nebraska | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

Three thousand desert dervishes in flowing abbayas streamed into town on camels, horses and rickety provincial trains. Ten thousand Sudanese jammed the big dusty square before the stuccoed, white-domed tomb, brightening the drab town with pink, blue, yellow and green galabias (skirted garments). For the first time since the Mahdi's victory over Gordon, big black, green and red banners, bearing the silver crescent, and dervish spear, danced overhead. Inside the tomb enclosure, women rocked and swayed over big rawhide drums, wailing mournful tunes in high-pitched tones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUDAN: Happy Birthday | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

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