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Word: firming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with the majority of the population, is saved. I do not believe they will ever go Communist now. ¶ "France has got over the disruption. Her economy is well on the way to restoration. ¶ "Italy has been saved. [She] has overcome the strikes. She has produced a very firm government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: How Safe? | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

...usual variety, however, in spite of some sloppy moments. In the second scene of the first act, a storm theme appears whenever the door of the pub is opened. Unfortunately, the door and the orchestra seldom coincide. With the exception of Grimes' hut, the sets are realistic and firm--two uncommon advantages...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: The Music Box | 4/2/1949 | See Source »

...case on the docket in Langdell Hall was Fredericks Brothers vs. The Amalgamated Brotherhood of Plumbers and Steamfitters, and the dispute centered on whether a union was justified in picketing a firm which had no union employees and was able to undercut companies with which the union had agreements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Choate Team Wins Final of Ames contest | 3/31/1949 | See Source »

...Italian towns and villages last week workers attended "feasts of liberty." Fireworks and oratory popped triumphantly. Two thousand anti-Communist soapboxers, doorbell ringers and pamphlet carriers crowded into Rome's shiny, modern Cinema Metropolitan, hoarsely chanting the name of Luigi Gedda. Finally, a brawny, firm-jawed man rose from his seat in the first row and brusquely acknowledged the cheers. He was the chief strategist of Italy's Catholic Action movement; he had just led his followers to a notable victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: How to Fight Communists | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

...powerfully done, without a trace of fuzz on the pen or fog in the eye. Yet Miss Bolton's is a lyric, not a dramatic talent. Whenever she tries to speak through a character who is not her own kind and her own sex, she loses her firm tone of voice. But, speaking for herself, Author Bolton has much to say. She says it in a style which Mary Britton Miller should have tried sooner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mother Danforth's Story | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

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