Search Details

Word: gossips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...admitted into evidence. For one thing, innocent people were involved. To be sure, the FBI could (and did) explain that the reports-attributed to confidential informants identified only as ND-402, ND-305 and T-7-were unprocessed, unevaluated raw material. They were also, undeniably, a bewildering clutch of gossip, hearsay and trivia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOARDS & BUREAUS: The Watchful Eye | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

...Justice. There, with an air of martyred misery in an unaccustomed role, Frank Murphy sat out the afternoon of his life. For a while he turned up regularly at Washington parties. Although gossip involved him in various romances, he never married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Death of an Apostle | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

When the trial recessed over the weekend, Judy's purse had become a symbol of the evil lurking in the kind of overzealous snooping, gossip and talebearing which seemed to be one price of national security. Presumably the noisy little defense attorney thought he was serving his client by spreading the reports on the record; his aim, apparently, was to show the jury that what she took was not of much importance. The judge had done his painful duty as he saw it. "I'm here to see that justice is done," Judge Reeves explained. "If the reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Inside the Purse | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

Report from ND 402. The FBI documents consisted of reports from confidential informants who identified themselves with mysterious symbols such as EP T1, ND 402, and T-7. Much of the information was obviously gossip and hearsay; there was no assessment of the informants' reliability, and their varied statements were unrelated and fragmentary. Nevertheless, the effect was sensational...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Inside the Purse | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

...houses of Parliament). She may go where she likes (provided it is decorous, proper, dignified and offends nobody). As heir to the throne, Elizabeth will continue to carry the heavy share of chairmanships, launchings and dedications. By day, Margaret will have plenty of time to entertain girl friends at gossip fests in her rooms at the palace. Of an evening, she may go with a few carefully chosen girls and young men to the theater and a nightclub. The one thing she must not do is act like a commoner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 13, 1949 | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next