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Word: headful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...qualification of Secretary-to-be Louis Johnson, whose appointment had made the most powerful job in the Cabinet one of the spoils of politics. A lifelong Democrat, he had never wavered through years of being passed by. Balked of one promised gift when Franklin Roosevelt reached over his head to make Republican Henry Stimson Secretary of War, balked again when Henry Wallace got the White House blessing for Vice President in 1940, Johnson stayed in there, ready to pitch for the party when he was called from the bench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Paid in Full | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...supply 200 silver table settings instanter. Hubert's even has Washington's drinking habits well measured-three cases of champagne for every 100 guests. Total costs for a little buffet reception of 1,000 people, including service, flowers, awnings and orchestra, run not less than $15 a head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Widow from Oklahoma | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...elopement with an Albany widow named Mrs. Janet Fay-Martha intervened even more decisively. Ray promised to marry Janet, drove her to a New York apartment, and got her to turn over checks worth $6,000. But Martha quarreled with Janet, slugged the bride-to-be in the head with a hammer, and ordered Ray to strangle her with a scarf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Big Martha | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...night she announced that she knew a medicine which would induce an abortion, smilingly gave Deliphene a handful of sleeping pills. When the pretty widow passed out, Martha directed Ray to do something about her. Ray got a .45-cal. pistol and shot her in the head. They dug a hole in the basement, dumped her in, and cemented up her grave. Deliphene's baby cried noisily and refused to be comforted. Two days later Martha took her into the basement too, and held her head in a tub of water until she died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Big Martha | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Julianne Jansen '52 will head the 'Cliffe Young Republican Club. Other officers named yesterday are Anne Hazard '51, secretary; Janet Stewart '50, treasurer; and Elizabeth Saunders '50, who was returned to office as publicity chairman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Radcliffe Clubs Name 1949-50 Heads | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

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