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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...isn't seduction a mode of production...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soc. Sci. 2 Members End Course in Farce | 5/25/1951 | See Source »

...Isn't Europe the place where the world war will start, "rather than a far-off incident in China where you bomb some Chinese?" Marshall was asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The MacArthur Hearing: World War III | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

...while spinning records for hep soldiers. Now a saxophone is always a "goldenrod," playing a trumpet is "scraping the ceiling," drums are "kettles" and violins are "angel music." When not talking about hot & sweet records, Rebel tries to strike a fine balance between sentiment and bathos, because "our purpose isn't to make them lonesome, it's to make them happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: G.I.s' Disc Jockey | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

...game for beginners. Explained 22-year-old Cotton Rosser of California Polytechnic, who has been competing as a rodeo pro† since he was 14: "This is a sport you have to grow up with. It isn't just something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: College Rodeo | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

Renfer stresses the Army's character-building program, but warns his chaplains-to-be that character-building isn't enough by itself; it has to be accompanied by spiritual aid. He soberly advises against trying to cheer up the wounded with jokes. "I don't do that," he says. "I always say to myself: 'I may never see that boy again. This may be my last chance to give him spiritual conviction and comfort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Student Chaplains | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

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