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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Producer. In her 18 years as one of the two regulars among Broadway's few women producers,* Regina's Cheryl Crawford has managed to combine hardheaded business instinct and high-minded theatrical taste. The results were more praiseworthy than profitable until she found a knack for offbeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical Play in Manhattan, Nov. 14, 1949 | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

The drugs were anti-histaminics, developed in the last few years for relief of allergies (notably hay fever and asthma). Because they set off such side effects as drowsiness and dizziness in some patients, the Food & Drug Administration had kept them on the prescription list. Doctors, noting that many cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Over the Counter | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Malaria, which killed Alexander the Great in his prime and often saved Rome by cutting down besieging armies, is still the greatest enemy of man's health and welfare. The U.S. is one of the few areas of the world that has reduced malaria's ravages to manageable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Shakes | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

In The Sleeping Beauty, the Met's huge stage was turned into a fairyland of castles, caves and gardens. For three hours, through a prologue, three acts and a wedding (only the last part is familiar to most U.S. fans), audiences sat enthralled while Princess Aurora was christened, cursed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Coloratura on Tiptoe | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Handkerchiefs came out of purses and dabbed at eyes. Then one woman proposed a moment of silence; all the guests stood up. A few minutes later, weeping clubwomen clustered around an easel on which was displayed one of the last cartoons Helen Hokinson had drawn, a gift to the fund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Hokinson Girls | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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