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Word: describes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...historian, Miller tried to describ and explain the national spirit of the United States. His analysis of this spirit began with the Puritans, and he became famous for destroying the traditional conception of the Puritans as narrow-minded hypocrites. His books on early New England include Orthodoxy in Massachusetts (1933). The New England Mind (1939), Jonathan Edwards (1949), and Roger Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miller, Schlesinger Are Awarded Pulitzers For History, Biography | 5/3/1966 | See Source »

Beauty Contest Sir: Unless a woman is downright homely, it seems all magazines and newspapers use such exaggerated terms as "beautiful, glamorous and hand some" when describ ing all females. Now TIME [Feb. i] comes up with "handsome" to describe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 15, 1960 | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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