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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Good for Jon" Sirs: Good for Jon Cantelli and his defense of Italians [for their intelligence in running away from a war they dislike and disapprove -TIME, Dec. 23]. It isn't so long ago that most Americans liked men who hated fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 13, 1941 | 1/13/1941 | See Source »

What people actually saw was a statement about aluminum. Said tiny, independent Northrop Aircraft Inc.'s General Manager Lamotte T. Cohu (in Los Angeles): "There simply isn't enough aluminum available. . . . [It is] bound to affect other aircraft concerns." Mr. Cohu was explaining why he had just cut his factory working day from 20 to 16 hours (in two shifts). His explanation shortly stirred up a rumpus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aluminum Spot | 1/6/1941 | See Source »

...showings. Savo's clowning evokes a world much more fey. much less relevant to the real world than Chaplin's, and Savo's few attempts at solemnity never approach Chaplin's. But to anyone who enjoys Savo's world, a whole evening of it isn't too long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Shows in Manhattan | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

...been three people to a house, there now were twelve. Rents doubled, trailer camps toad-stooled, a carpenter lives in a truck with an oil stove to keep him warm. Wrote one harassed inhabitant in the Louisville Courier-Journal: ". . . Although we were paid well for our acreage, still it isn't so easy to stand by and see the familiar old oak, the lilacs, hollyhocks and roses around the door trampled under foot to make way for the giant smokestacks that rose almost overnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUILDING: Ghost Towns Past & Future | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

...knit together! It has bad composition! It looks like the figures are pasted to the wall! It hasn't a flowing line from beginning to end! It. ... It. ... It. ... Ah. now. take Benny Bufano's model. He gave us something. He's selling papers now, isn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Big Frieze | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

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