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Word: em (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Their elders found a spokesman in George Jones, a London dockworker, who said: "Y'know, I'd like to meet some of these Americans some day after this. I'd like to buy 'em a pint, I would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLAIN PEOPLE: All on Earth Together | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Between crises on Guadalcanal the division amused itself with a parody (to the tune of Bless 'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of the Pacific | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...happened to the division: a long rest in Australia, where people get false teeth early. Australian girls couldn't believe the marines' molars were their own. "Finally, this babe with me reached over," said one marine, "and took hold of my teeth and tried to yank 'em and I let her. She was sure surprised when nothing gave." Before the division left Melbourne most of the men "were in some stage of a serious love affair with an Australian girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of the Pacific | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

This is generally the sentiment at the bars that circle the Yard. The "don't let 'em get drunk" school prevails over the discipline of the bouncer and the bar stick in these parts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bouncing a Boston Pastime, Say Square Tavern Keepers | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

...professional engagement at 16 as a dance-band pianist. Two years later he left the band to go on his own as a soloist. "The other boys used to razz me," he says. "They said I had no left hand, so I made up my mind to show 'em." Tatum is still sensitive about criticism of his bass, but can claim, with the enthusiastic approval of his fans, that he does more with his left hand than most pianists do with both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Solo Man | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

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