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Word: disregards (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...That America cannot ignore French sentiments, nor disregard the recent past of a man whose every action and word has aimed to defeat the cause of the United Nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 7, 1942 | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...ideals and institutions that Sovietism has missed. But that wasn't Wallace's subject. He took a courageous stand, almost unpreccedented by any other high government official, demonstrating the parallels between the Soviet and American governments and pointing out channels through which a world democracy can be reached. To disregard this speech and this type of thinking is to pursue our ideals with a foresight no more constructive than the traditional attitude of the ostrich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Pearl is Cast | 11/10/1942 | See Source »

...became a priest of Kali, Hinduism's Divine Mother, in a vast new temple at Dakshineswar, on the Ganges, just north of Calcutta. The temple and its 20 acres of gardens had been built by a wealthy fourth-caste widow named Rani Rasmani, and Ramakrishna showed his disregard for caste by serving as priest there. He had no false respect for his patron. One day as Rani Rasmani was listening to his singing in the temple, the young priest abruptly turned and slapped her. He said that while she was apparently listening to his song, she had actually been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Prophet of All Gods | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

With a subline disregard for World War II, the University of Pennsylvania's football team is one of the few clubs in the country which gives the lie to the statement that the gridiron sport has been adversely affected by a somewhat global bestiality now going...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harlow Stresses Pass Offensive In Drill for Star-Laden Quakers | 10/1/1942 | See Source »

...idle statement, for Red Allen, Bill Davison, Max Kaminsky, Bobby Hackett, and Hot Lips Paige are no slouches. You can call it "Soul" and flutter your eyelids. Call it "Inspiration" and swoon. More directly, Newton is closest to the soul of jazz, in his sincerity, strength, tenderness, and disregard for convention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWING | 9/9/1942 | See Source »

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