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Word: huges (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mark the horrible . . . photograph of me with the smart caption: "Anticipation!" You might better have used that caption on a mass photograph of the starving Italian children, to whom I have turned over the entire huge bulk of my Italian royalties. Or on a group of flood-wrecked British farmers, to whom I gave a great portion of my Brit ish royalties, or on a photograph of French blind veterans, who are happier today for my contribution. Or on many sections of the American unfortunate, to whom I give over 20% of my gross earnings as a writer every year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 23, 1947 | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

...unusual, with an cerie touch in the last act that has to be seen. On both these counts the very thought of the Metropolitan doing the opera is foolish, for the necessity of using old costumes and old settings and that unique operatic brand of acting on the huge Met stage would spoil Menotti's work...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: The Music Box | 6/19/1947 | See Source »

...were not happy days. The school's rector was a harsh man who used to set his bullying son to spy on and punish the pupils. Called a born criminal by his father, the boy delighted in dreaming up ingenious punishments. Sometimes he forced the students to empty huge garbage cans and then refill them piece by piece with their bare hands. One day the students rebelled and jammed the rector's son head-first into an empty can. An investigation followed. The rector was dismissed and Student Hirthammer lost sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Mr. & Mrs. | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

...known as the "J.A.M.A."), which Fishbein edits. For all practical purposes, the Journal is the A.M.A. It grosses $1,750,000 a year in advertising revenue, largely supports the Association and is the chief contact most U.S. doctors have with medical news and medical politics. The A.M.A.'s huge Chicago headquarters is largely the house that Fishbein built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Angry Voice | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

Singles will be available at Weld Boat House daily from 10 to 5 o'clock, but only men with previous sculling experience will be allowed to take out singles for the first week or so. Novices will have to practice on the huge, galley-like Leviathan before they get the green light for solo paddling on the Charles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Informal Nine Is Planned for Summer Term | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

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