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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with utmost conviction that the specimen cases cited in the report which you quote are evidently children who have been poorly brought up, either by ignorant and indifferent parents or, more likely, by mothers who regard themselves as "progressive"-young ladies who swear by Freud and know all there is to know about inhibitions, complexes and the subconscious ego. Pity their poor children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 9, 1949 | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Majority Leader John McCormack wrathfully replied to Hebert. What right did Hebert have to complain, McCormack wanted to know, since "he actively and openly supported a splinter party of the Democratic Party . . . Only through tolerance is he sitting here as a member of the Democratic Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Screeching Pause | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Money for the proposed fellowship would come from the Evans Carlson Memorial Fund established by the AVC in 1947. The $850 now in the fund was earned when the Chapter sponsored a talk by Henry A. Wallace in October, 1947. Although they did not know exactly what the fund would be used for at that time, the members tried to increase it but were unable to get more speakers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVC to Vote on Asiatic Students Fellowship Fund | 5/5/1949 | See Source »

...changed the bill," Sullivan said last night, "because it was unlikely that it would be passed in its original form. However, the original draft of H-442 served a valuable purpose in that it let trustees of schools and colleges in the Commonwealth know that the Legislature was prepared to take drastic action against communist infiltration into our education institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State House OKs H-442 It Now Goes to Senate | 5/5/1949 | See Source »

Readers who know that it takes ships, planes, artillery and service troops to get the infantryman within range of a live target, may feel that Pratt has cheered the role of the foot soldier to the point of oversimplification. Actually he takes nothing away from the other arms; his peep-sight view merely assumes that their work had already been done. None of these sketches is exhaustive, but every one is readable, informal history that few armchair tacticians would wish to miss and few professional soldiers could fail to learn from. What will keep Eleven Generals and many a plain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Well-Tempered Amateurs | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

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