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Word: hearses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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¶ Primers, illustrated with colorful pictures of Fascist soldiers, taught the alphabet with such examples as "F as in fascio." One of the first reading lessons: " 'Duce, Duce,' the voice of the children reaches up into the office where the Duce is working. The Duce hears it and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Purged Textbooks | 2/5/1945 | See Source »

Subscription Radio (subscribers pay 5? a day to rent a gadget for their radios; with it, they can tune in a station which carries no commercials; without it, anyone tuning the same frequency hears only a "pig squeal"). FCC has not made up its mind whether this is "technically feasible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Postwar Bets | 1/29/1945 | See Source »

Last week Father Johnson drove into Vanceburg in his threadbare overalls, mule whip over his shoulder, determined to get his rights. He got a setback from the school superintendent, who told him he had not thought he would ever see a Lewis County man afraid to fight a wildcat. Father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENTUCKY: A Howlin' in the Holler | 12/4/1944 | See Source »

In its handsome, classic auditorium, the San Francisco Opera last week opened its 22nd season with Aïda. A capacity house was pardonably proud, from the cheering galleries to the McNears, Ehrmans and Fleishhackers in their beige and gilt boxes. A roster of the finest stars (many from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera at the Golden Gate | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

Song Suckers. When the sucker has swallowed the bait by submitting his song, he gets an enthusiastic letter stating that his lyrics are indeed hit material, that with a good tune and publication they can scarcely fail to score. Expenses incidental to publication-tunewriting, arranging, etc.-will, of course, cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Shark Season | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

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