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Word: fakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When his $50 million baby discovers who he really is, she decides to dose him with his own poison-lurid publicity-and issues a fake announcement of their marriage. His paper fires him, of course, and for the next few reels, editors, lawyers and even the handsome young couple energetically worry the question: Did the nice newsman really marry the naughty rich girl, or didn't he? As all the din begins to fade, the answer seems to be: he didn't, but he will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jan. 10, 1949 | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...York, where the only ground for divorce is adultery, Manhattan's District Attorney Frank Hogan officially discovered what every judge, lawyer and common citizen had known for years-the existence of "divorce rings" which systematically fake evidence of adultery. His chief witness was a 20-year-old mother of three named Sara Ellis, whose fee for being "discovered" in a hotel room with a divorce-seeking husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS .& MORALS: Americana, Dec. 13, 1948 | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...there, is not a Negro in the whole place who does not realize, somewhere in the depths of his nature, that the culture of the white men is not worth the dirt in Harlem's gutters. They sense that the whole thing is rotten, that it is a fake, that it is spurious, empty, a shadow of nothingness. And yet they are condemned to reach out for it, and to seem to desire it, and to pretend they like it, as if the whole thing were some kind of bitter cosmic conspiracy: as if they were thus being forced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: White Man's Culture | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...second half began, it looked as if this were to be the final score, but suddenly Kirkland, apparently marooned in midfield on fourth down, broke loose on a 50 yard pass from Willie Thompson to Bob Snow who scored. This time the extra point came on a fake kick buck lateral around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...fake punt and run play, Eliot's Jim Rossiter ripped 30 yards off the flank. Troop Wilder gained 13 more off tackle and then tossed to Roger Pugh in the end zone for a score. The visitors scored again just before the half ended on a run around right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

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