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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nice car," said one of the old men. "Isn't it, though," said his friend, "but his wife is not so handsome after all. She is a bit thin-featured, I would say." The women in the crowd murmured about the candidate's dark good looks...

Author: By Michael. J. Halberstam and Paul W. Mandel, S | Title: A Recent Invasion of Boston | 10/10/1952 | See Source »

...Illinois, newsmen interviewed all 13 state department heads. These officials said that they had never heard of the fund which Governor Stevenson said was no secret. Snorted State Insurance Director J. Edward Day (whose state salary is $10,000 a year): "There isn't any 'Dime for Day' fund, and I don't get anything extra from anybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Glass House | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

...athlete's foot treatment that caused ulcers), hustled York Research's Vice President Warren C. Hyer out to San Francisco to work with some nationally known toxicologists on an investigation. They concluded that Pan Am's cleaners were actually using deadly carbon tetrachloride, which isn't in Glamorene. At this, San Francisco's health department publicly exonerated Glamorene and sales started up again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Digest Cleans a Rug | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

...anything now except cancer, polio, and cerebral palsy, and things like that ... I have been awakened to a realization that I have been irresponsible and slightly-more than slightly-stupid. When I was solicited I always simply said, "Oh, isn't that too bad. Sure, use my name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Born Recently | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

After ten days of careful searching, Henry R. "Bob" Margarita has just pulled a few needles out of a small haystack, but the freshman football coach isn't talking about the quality of his products...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/3/1952 | See Source »

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