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Word: downs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

Anna Thompson screamed. Then she broke into tears. "I feel in my heart that God won't let me down," she sobbed. "I'm going to keep on searching."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Long Search | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

But little Willie Pieck buckled down tc his new job in Berlin's eastern sector, fat and florid as usual, thinking about great actions of world significance.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Pieck's Progress | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

For years this casual question got casual answers: the Fields did not seem to be leading very remarkable lives. Last week the question led the U.S. Department of State down misty avenues to a dead end of mystery.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERIPATETICS: Vanishing Act | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

The son of a poor Scottish family who worked his way through Glasgow University, Orr started as a theological student but got interested in the new dogma of Darwinism instead. Soon Orr became convinced that food or the lack of it was the reason for most human ills. "He began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANOPLIES: Caloric Crusader | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

In the campaign the Communists made a lot of noise, said nothing that was much to the point. But the Conservatives, like their British opposite numbers, got down to political issues, charged that the welfare state had killed initiative. They cited cases: Norway's seal catchers lie idle rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Salome, Where She Danced | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

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