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Word: doored (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...project. A team of Mercedes-Benz automen arrived in Rio from Germany one morning, conferred with the President that afternoon, promptly got a truck-factory plan speeded on its way. "No matter how busy I may be," vowed Kubitschek, "any foreign investor who comes to Brazil will find my door open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Busy New Broom | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...Health will be an important back-door issue, if Eisenhower runs," Westerfield concurred. The Democrats undoubtedly will use this issue, although not overtly, he concluded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professors Remain Silent On Eisenhower '56 Plans | 2/15/1956 | See Source »

...lady at the door wasn't very hospitable, and we waited while she muttered in the back about college students and looking for a free drink. They let us in anyway, and introduced us to the authors. Harland and Ann Riker were very nice, and promised to see us later as they shook hands...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: An Important Occasion | 2/15/1956 | See Source »

This viewpoint holds for all the great French masters from Manet to Picasso, and still carries dynamite. It gives the artist the prerogative of subordinating the subject of his picture to the painting itself. It also opens the door to distortion and abstraction-the twin angels, or demons, of modern painting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Age of Experiment | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

Perhaps the outstanding characeristic of McNiff is his devotion to his work and the unassuming way he goes about it. McNiff is as helpful to students as to professors. The "open door policy" of his office is consistant with his personality...

Author: By George H. Watson jr., | Title: Behind the Stacks | 2/8/1956 | See Source »

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