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Word: famous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...express Canada's gratitude to the onetime Supreme Allied Commander, this legendary home of the chinook winds, familiar to every tourist who has taken the road from Banff to Lake Louise in a famous Canadian national park, had been renamed Mount Eisenhower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: DOMINION: Good Old Ike | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

...name famous on candy boxes in England. The Cadbury chocolate business at Bournville was founded by Grandfather George Cadbury, a paternalistic Quaker who sponsored housing reforms and recreation facilities for his workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: SASKATCHEWAN: Only Socialists Need Apply | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

...such tunes as Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Bill, Only Make Believe, have ever really waned in popularity-and 01' Man River has become more famous than most folk songs. Back in their original places, the tunes have almost all their original pull. One new song, Nobody Else but Me, which Composer Kern wrote before his death last fall, finds itself in too fast company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Musical in Manhattan, Jan. 14, 1946 | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

...Howard Bay's sets, it never loses its looks. Jan Clayton (Carousel) proves a winning Magnolia, Colette Lyons an agreeable Ellie, Buddy Ebsen a live dancing personality and Ralph Dumke a jovial Captain Andy. And handsome Carol Bruce, tackling the Bill that made the late Helen Morgan famous, brought down the opening-night house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Musical in Manhattan, Jan. 14, 1946 | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

Thomas, who was National Weight Lifting Champion in the 123 pound class in 1941, and who wrestled second to a four-year national champion on Oklahoma A. & M.'s famous squad, announced that competitions for the eight Varsity spots would be held this afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRAPPLERS TO TACKLE JUMBOS IN SEASON OPENER SATURDAY | 1/8/1946 | See Source »

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