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Word: grins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there were some guests whom Sheean was able to stomach. There was Winston Churchill, who "first became visible" to Sheean "in a red bathrobe over bathing trunks; he wore a large, flopping straw hat, and slippers and a cherubic grin." His first words were: "My dear Maxine, you have no idea how easy it is to travel without a servant. I came here all the way from London alone and it was quite simple." Said Maxine: "Winston, how brave of you!" Churchill spent much of his time painting. "In such a society [he] was slightly out of place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Home to the Wars | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...cast are Mary D. Savage, Annie Lindsie, Pat Jardinier, Tamara Polevaya, Gretchon Dambach, Sally Chamberlain, Catherine Lewis, Gloria Rockwood, Anne Dougherty for Radcliffe and Robert Grin and Janos Simon for Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD GROUP TO PRESENT NEW PLAY | 4/28/1943 | See Source »

...slight ridge overlooking the battlefield," wrote Correspondent Belden, "I heard a voice shout: 'Look, prisoners, thousands of them.' Down below me, out of the smoke veiling scattered olive trees, I saw a black mass of figures advancing. A Britisher with bayonet over his shoulder, a wide grin on his face, headed the column of 2,000 prisoners. The Italians wore non descript dress: some blue, some grey, some brown, some in knickers, some in shorts, some in long pants, one without any pants. At the end of the column were about 50 Germans, well dressed, grim and dour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: The Piston | 4/19/1943 | See Source »

Came the turn of Ohio's Senator Har old H. Burton. "If we restrain industry and finance, then you are willing to work on holding down the wages?" The Lewis jowls quivered and broke into a sly grin. "Will you telephone me?" Senator Burton retreated in haste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Performance | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

...face turned stern. "This one's not so hot. What do you mean, sticking a tank up on that block like that?" He looked up and then back at the thin orange-backed book in his hands-then he slowly began to grin, then a broad smile, and then he was laughing again...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, | Title: "IT'S A CINCH, PRIVATE FINCH," IS CREATION OF EX-ADVOCATE MAN | 3/25/1943 | See Source »

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