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Word: discussable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Durbin, 25, flouted Hollywood tradition by announcing the breakup of her marriage in a barely audible voice. (The marriage, to 45-year-old Scenarist Felix Jackson, was her second.) Deanna had her attorney murmur simply: "There is no difficulty ... of any particular public interest. Each of them declines to discuss the matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 19, 1948 | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...night last week, Michael was preparing for a New Year's party at his palace in Sinaia near Bucharest, when the telephone rang. It was a summons to Bucharest from the king's first minister, Communist stooge Petru Groza, "to discuss important matters." The king set off at 3 a.m., was received in the Villa Elizabeth by Groza and comrades, who handed him an instrument of abdication, complete and ready for the king's signature. Said Michael: "If I refuse to sign you cannot force me." "In that case," replied Groza suavely, "thousands will be arrested. Rumania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Compression | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...meeting tonight, the Committee will discuss a possible advance of the February date, tentatively set in December, in order to give more time for inviting the outside talent which the group hopes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '51 Committee Votes Judd as Smoker Chief | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

Chunky, slick-spoken Dr. Paul refused to discuss details of his escape or his activities since September. For some time to come, he thought, it would be best to lie low. He would stay in Bavaria, but in hiding. Said he: "There are Communist agents around here, you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: When the Foehn Blows | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...Hotel last week bobbed many other varieties of Arab headgear-flowing khafiya of desert men from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, top-heavy sedarah from Iraq, the occasional spiked helmet of a Trans-Jordan Arab Legionnaire. The delegates of the seven Arab League states were getting their heads together to discuss tactics of the Arab fight against Zionism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Heads Together | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

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