Search Details

Word: diese (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

In North Africa the happy trio is joined by Mrs. Lyle and her "pale and simple" son Eric who alternates between sleeping with his dominating mother and stealing from his fellow travelers. When Port dies from typhoid in a likely French Arab outpost, Kit wanders off into the desert where...

Author: By Robert J. Blinken, | Title: Weird Ones in the Desert | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

Not only does the loyalty order violate the substantive guarantees of the First Amendment, but it also violates the procedural right of Americans to due process. The standard of the loyalty order is that of "guilt by association," a doctrine first suggested by the Dies Committee in October, 1938 when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Against the Loyalty Oaths | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

After such a poor season as 1949, and when the local press is running story after story on "what to do about Harvard football," no responsible official should say anything until the hysteria dies down. The next football season doesn't begin until September 1. Nor should such an official...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

Never Dies is a sad and solemn novel about India Severn, a spinster U.S. missionary in Siam who cannot rid herself of the conviction that God's work matters more than mission budgets, and who acts accordingly. While her fellow workers trim their efforts to the capacity of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: No Second Spring | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Never Dies is loosely knotted together by a narrative that does its best to supply a romantic strand (India harbors a gorgeous American girl who has got herself into hot water by marrying a Siamese prince). But the fruity, feathered hat of glamorous romance is not one that sits comfortably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: No Second Spring | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Previous | 575 | 576 | 577 | 578 | 579 | 580 | 581 | 582 | 583 | 584 | 585 | 586 | 587 | 588 | 589 | 590 | 591 | 592 | 593 | 594 | 595 | Next