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Word: kindheartedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Then came the 24th Division to Matsuyama. Kindhearted G.I.s brought the Spanish missionary food and clothing. One lieutenant from the Engineers rounded up a few volunteers, built a hut from scrap lumber and installed a makeshift stove. From somewhere an Army cot and blankets for the nuns appeared. Best of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1946 | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

One of the best abortionists in the U.S. went to jail last week. She is Manhattan's Mrs. Alice Mary Heinrich Chairman, 56, a plump, kindhearted Hungarian of good family, with a medical degree from a Budapest medical school.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Abortionist Convicted | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

There are no "heart lines," "head lines" or "life lines" in her book. The form of the hand is her best clue to heredity, temperament, mentality and talents. The hands of children usually resemble those of one parent, sometimes a child will inherit one hand from each. An underdeveloped thyroid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hand Reading | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

"Ninety-five percent of all the food consumed ... is rationed," and "even Government officials cannot control themselves at the sight of food." Concluded some observers: "The annual civilian consumption in Russia is less than the annual civilian waste in the United States," and "by comparison, even Germany - as late as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stories of Sieges | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

The only really likable characters in Wagnerian opera are old men. While the youthful Siegfrieds, Tristans and Tannhausers are all muscle-on the stage, mostly stomach-and ego, their elders (Wotan, Hans Sachs, Kurwenal, et al.) are mostly kindhearted, responsible, possessed of human failings and a regard for social obligations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Wotan's Farewell | 3/15/1943 | See Source »

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