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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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"That is very possible," said the flustered witness, "but I don't recall it." During the luncheon recess. Government lawyers looked up the 1939 transcript, found no such testimony. Confronted with the evidence, and lectured by the judge for his conduct. Hallinan insisted, "Anything I can do to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUDICIARY: Shoes on the Stand | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

"I get awfully embarrassed about my legs," Betty Grable confided in Hollywood as her studio mailed to a fan the 1,500,000th copy of the famous Grable-in-a-bathing-suit photo. "People all want to know how I manage to keep them the way they are. I don...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Entrances & Exits | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Bag-eyed Fred Allen, taking a year's vacation from radio, told New York Herald Tribune Columnist John Crosby how it feels to be an "unemployed actor": "It's wonderful, this freedom. You can live on the money you save on aspirin. The only trouble is, I keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Entrances & Exits | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

After the cheers died and Earl Teater rode out to accept the blue ribbon for Dodge Stables, the judges got together to phrase their official comment. One wanted to say simply that Wing Commander was far ahead of the field. Said another judge: "I don't think we want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Five Speeds Forward | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

A widower with two sons, 8 and 12, Stuempfig somehow combines his absorption in art with "generally fulfilling the job of parent. It's either work or stomach ulcers for me because if I don't paint I get sick." For the last 15 years he has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Romantic Mood | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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