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Word: dross (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MORALE: Credo | 7/21/1941 | See Source »

...radio programs what Burns Mantle does annually for the U. S. theatre. After wading through bales of material, he produced a 576-page tome entitled Best Broadcasts of 1938-39 (Whittlesey; $3). This week once again Max Wylie dredged up a few nuggets from the U. S. aerial dross, released his selections for the 368-page Best Broadcasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Year's Bests | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

...stands now there is much gold and much dross in "A Man From The Band." Certainly enough gold to make the Theatre of the Fifteen look homeward towards Broadway. But it will take a good bit of rewriting, especially in the third act, to reach...

Author: By L. I., | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/24/1940 | See Source »

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