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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...humor that make this picture a sorry contrast to the recent run of heavy drama. Top billing goes to Dorothy Lamour and Richard Denning, both well exhibited as Hollywood's handsomest hunks. But the feature performer, the guy who lifts the film out of the Class D league, isn't even mentioned on the program. Much funnier than comic Jack Haley and apparently far more intelligent than the rest of the cast, the pet monkey really stars. With his ability to steal pancakes only equalled by his talent in throwing apples, the half-pint ape has no trouble in making...

Author: By J. A. F., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 8/17/1942 | See Source »

...segregation of the colored race isn't the question in this case at all. I am not trying to set myself up to judge whether that is right or wrong. All I know is that there is accepted segregation, and when the Hayes woman refused to abide by the rules governing her race she was entirely to blame for the consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 17, 1942 | 8/17/1942 | See Source »

...isn't all K.P. and medication. There is also griping-an extremely important morale builder, says Private Hargrove. Typical soldier's gripe: "Our battery has the worst food in the Army. We've got the worst sergeant in the battery. No kidding, though, our platoon makes all the others look crummy." Private Bushemi, photographer, hazes a mess sergeant: "You know the one thing that's missing from this meal-the one thing that would make it perfect?" "Ice cream?" asks the sergeant. "Chloroform," says Bushemi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: This Is the Army | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

...Otello." The album comprises the monologue and death scene, along with Rienzi's prayer, and the song from the second act of "Tristan" beginning "O Koenig." These records show that he is the only tenor in circulation who could do this tremendous role anything like full justice. His Italian isn't all it might be, and his style is a little heavy in spots, but the necessary power and brilliance are there. The best of this new album of his is, of course, the "Tristan" excerpt. It's that wonderful scene where Tristan, knowing he is going to die, invites...

Author: By Robert W. Flint, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 8/5/1942 | See Source »

...British have phrases and colloquialisms of their own that may sound funny to you. You can make just as many boners in their eyes. It isn't a good idea, for instance, to say 'bloody' in mixed company-it is one of their worst swear words. To say: 'I look like a bum' is offensive in their ears, for to the British this means that you look like your own backside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: How to Win Allies | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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