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Word: doings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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A newsman asked: "Do you consider that the American Government has lost face in China because of recent developments?" The question was broad enough to touch another sore point: U.S. helplessness over the shabby treatment of Consul General Angus Ward (TIME, Nov. 21 et seq.). Acheson flushed with anger. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Foolish Face | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

"They Do?" As he sat down his aide leaned forward and whispered. The Senator rose again and said, "I meant to say we have been received by the King of Greece, not Sweden. Sweden does not have a King."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Travelers | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

As Senator Thomas sat down again his aide whispered frantically. The Senator broke in hoarsely: "They do?" Then he got up for the third time. "Gentlemen," he rumbled, "I was wrong. I did not know that Sweden had a King. I have just been informed that they do. But this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Travelers | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

/ do not love Louse Angeles, I came here all agog. To find myself a lone D.P., Invisible in smog.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Only a Question of Time? | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

The first question was tough: "Why do you vote so often with the Democrats and why don't you run on the Democratic ticket?" Glib Wayne Morse, a maverick on the Republican range who voted with the Democrats three times out of four in the 81st Congress, took nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Meet the People | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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