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Word: dropped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Drop Too Much. In Atlanta, Policeman J. H. Langley reported from the hospital that he had been injured in line of duty: a drunk fell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 13, 1948 | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

Adenauer's brave words, however, were not entirely correct. There was some fear in this assembly-the fear that, at Berlin or Moscow, the West might drop its plans for a Western German state in some sort of a deal with the Russians. Several delegates anxiously buttonholed observers from the U.S. Military Government to ask whether the Big Four negotiations might not render the whole performance at Bonn "somewhat academic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Berlin to Bonn | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...helping along an increase in the sale of ladies' fans (50? to $50), distributed an instruction booklet on fan language-"a language more eloquent than words, more revealing than a kiss." Excerpts: "Touch your lips with the fan to attract a kissing man." "I must see you alone (drop fan)." "You are too bold (unfurl fan quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Aug. 30, 1948 | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

Philadelphia's fast, rangy, young (24) Victor Seixas (rhymes with gracious), a University of North Carolina senior with a cannonball service and a neat drop shot, upset top-seeded Schroeder in the quarterfinals, 2-6, 6-4, 8-6, 6-4, before losing in the semifinals. It was the second tournament defeat in a row for Schroeder, who just wasn't in shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bright New Faces | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

Well, the cover portrait of him is perfect. The Pied Piper motif-oh, drop dead! I'm one of the rats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 23, 1948 | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

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