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Word: furiously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Risk. But the Wallace entry into the presidential race inspired a flurry of furious calculations among both Democratic and Republican politicos. GOPresidential hopefuls, who had to face their first test in the June convention, promptly began figuring the odds all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Voice of the People? | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...tussles with the University of Minnesota. Despite the outcome, both games had their moments of excitement and were creditable performances by the Crimson, who were by this time without the services of both Johnny Crocker and Yetman. In the opener, the Varsity overcame a four-goal deficit with a furious offensive blast in the final period, only to slip behind again in the closing minutes to go down to an 8 to 6 defeat...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Hockey, Basketball Have Blue Christmas As Crimson Vacation Campaigns Backfire | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

Such a friendly, nonpartisan act was a rarity in the session's frantic final week. Both parties played furious and sometimes shabby politics. There were parries and thrusts-over the listing of grain speculators (see Investigations), over interim aid for Europe and China, and over inflation controls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Exit Gyrating | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Monsieur Verdoux (American). Charles Chaplin's subtle, furious, complex, highly polished satire, with a brilliant performance by Chaplin himself (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Choice for 1947 | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto (Louis Kaufman, violinist, with the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich conducting; Concert Hall Society, 8 sides). This concerto, a favorite in Soviet Russia, won its composer his first Stalin Prize (1940). It is full of furious fiddling, signifying nothing. Performance: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Dec. 22, 1947 | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

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