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Word: headful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he arrived at the Los Angeles airport, the merchandiser telephoned his home office to get in touch with the inventor and see if the needle really worked. When it came to the attention of the promotion head of A. & S., she knew exactly what the merchandising manager was talking about. She had read the identical item in TIME on the train returning from her vacation in Florida, and was equally excited about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 30, 1949 | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

Truman and his good friend Dutra (who is a head shorter) also got together at a more sensible hour of the day to eat a few slices from a seven-tier cake prepared in honor of Dutra's 64th birthday (see cut). When they got down to more serious talk, the two Presidents agreed to begin negotiating a treaty to stimulate foreign private investment and U.S. technical assistance for Brazil. In flowery Portuguese, Dutra assured a joint session of Congress of Brazil's enduring friendship. When the Presidents parted, Eurico Dutra handed out his bread & butter gifts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Morning Stroll | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

These pamphlets were sharply critical of Charles E. Wilson, head of General Motors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U of Michigan Ends Worker Education School | 5/27/1949 | See Source »

Four days later, "an administrative shift" ousted Arthur A. Elder from his job as the service's director. Elder was also state head of the American Federation of Teachers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U of Michigan Ends Worker Education School | 5/27/1949 | See Source »

Also an innovation was the splitting of the Council budget, last year $10,000, into its components of charities and plain administrative expenses. The Council supported charities, which include Phillips Brooks House, Council scholarships, Displaced Persons Drive, and a contribution to the Salzburg Seminar, will now appear at the head of a list of "Charities of special interest to students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Schedules Two Money Drives Next Year, Allows More Freedom in Allocation | 5/26/1949 | See Source »

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