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Word: indifferentism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Discussions. The second book, The Anarchist, is better. Laid in 1903, it is the story of Esch, a short, red-faced, powerful bookkeeper who in a phlegmatic, almost indifferent way: 1) gets mixed up with the Social Democrats when his friend is jailed in a shipping strike; 2) becomes a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pre-Hitler Germany | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

The origin of the feud is obscure. Earnestly endeavoring to track it down, one editor found: "Back in the 80's, some indifferent Yardsters referred idly to the growing institution on Garden Street as the Harvard Annex. That name stuck for years, faintly indicative of the vague scorn with which...

Author: By Joan Mcpartiln, | Title: Crime Keeps Pace With Life Force, Ends Cross-Town Feud With 'Cliffe | 1/30/1948 | See Source »

Soon, once indifferent Clevelanders were jamming the meeting hall to hear what Norma Wulff had to say. She was garrulous and disjointed in her speech, but she made her points by the force of her enthusiasm and an irresistible supply of facts. Gradually accepting her as someone they could trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Perpetual Motion | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

Books of verse worth looking into: John Betjeman's Slick But Not Streamlined, mildly satiric and pleasing pieces by a little-known Englishman; Stephen Spender's Poems of Dedication, grave and moving but often prosy; Karl Shapiro's Trial of a Poet, explorations into the relation of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: POETRY & CRITICISM | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

From the very beginning, the drama issue of Signature could hope to be about as successful as a clambake on Mount Washington. There is nothing wrong with the idea of a specialized number of a college magazine, but his one just doesn't have the material. Its core, two one...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Shelf | 12/13/1947 | See Source »

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