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Word: fall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reported, could be literally overwhelming. "When [a professor] meets them coming down the sidewalk toward him three abreast, they refuse to break rank and simply push him off into the grass . . . They invariably park their bicycles right in front of the door or the steps and let you fall over them as you come out. If you survive that, they ride down upon you from the rear as silently as Indians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Male & Females | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Begun this fall, the Acting Class provides experience and coaching for aspiring actors and actresses. Though not a part of the Dramatic Club, it receives money from the larger organization in order to put on its programs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Theater Body Organizes to Teach Acting | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

Near the doll house were found its prospective inhabitants. Dolls appear to fall into two categories: those with clothes on--or the impracticals, and those without garments, or the practical ones. In the former group were seen such numbers as the Little Genius, the Princess Margaret Rose, and one which was gotten up like Sophie Tucker but was labelled Italian Dolly. The undressed dolls are more active this year than ever before. One boasts of a "real soft nose and almost human ears." This one promised also to blow bubbles when given a pipe. They all can drink water this...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE WALRUS SAID | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...flatiron at her, pushed her down a stairway, struck her across the chest with an ironing board, tried to toss her out of a window. In Waukegan, Ill., Mrs. Forrest W. Sweitzer, charging desertion, finally filed a divorce suit against her husband, who disappeared, she said, in the fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

This was the fourth match of the fall for the shooters. Scores from the opposing teams are expected to arrive in the middle of the week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rifle Team Fires 1344 in 4th Meet | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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