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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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TIME'S readers, however, also have a right to know whether or not the reviewer read the book . . . He refers to the two leading characters of the book as "Kristina" and "her daughter, Countess Zia" . . . He need only have gone as far as page 11 to find out this basic fact: the book is primarily the story of two daughters of Count Dukay, Kristina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 14, 1949 | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...Frankfurt, a German girl discussed Stalin's peaceful hints. Said she wistfully: "Every time the Russians talk like that my heart jumps with hope ... I know, I know. But I can't help it if the Russians know the way my heart works." The point was that she knew better than what her heart told her. Except for the willfully blind and the incurably credulous, few of the world's people could any longer believe in what the Russians promised, any more than they could believe in dry water or wooden iron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Once Too Often | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...know," said the President, "we plan our day's work. We plan the houses in which we are going to live-if we can afford to build one, and we can't, these days. And then we plan our public buildings and our private buildings. We plan cities now-and towns. But when we talk about planning the things we want to do economically, we are charged with being Communists and fellow travelers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Distinction Is Different | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...last week, Margaret faced a real ordeal-a New York press conference. She never looked better, was natural, frank and gay. The reporters were charmed but blunt: Whom would she date? "I don't know-I'll have to wait until they ask me." "What about your love life?" "Absolutely none, except music-at the moment." Well, what about the President's recent remark that he hoped to hand down his gold-headed walking cane to a grandson? "I think Daddy was a little short of something to say at that point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: What About Love? | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...intend your lawyers to draw?" Tobin, who had actually directed the drawing of the bill, still tried to duck. Taft kept after him until, cornered, Tobin said: "We did not draft a bill that had to do with emergency disputes ... I am not an attorney and did not know what the answer would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Knees High, Elbows Out | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

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