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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Textiles. A new synthetic textile ("the best we know of for outdoor use") was hailed by Du Pont. Called "Orlon," it is described as warm as silk, as wrinkle-resistant as wool, and resistant to moths, molds and mildew. Though nylon is less likely to tear, Du Pont said that nylon, rayon, linen and cotton were "complete failures" in an exposure test which hardly affected Orlon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Dec. 13, 1948 | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

Imperialism. In London, the Colonial Office launched a "Know the Empire" campaign, explained that 3% of Britons believe that the U.S. is still a British colony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 13, 1948 | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...took one year to plan, three years to write, and two more to edit this ambitious literary history of the U.S. The first two volumes consist of essays by 55 scholars; the third is a valuable bibliography. Here, presumably, is everything most readers could possibly want to know about American writing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Many Minds | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...home to him. Besides, my best friend CR and his Astute and Helpful poot friend of Very Little Brain, suddenly left. They went on the very top of the Forest called Galleons Lap and haven't been soon since. If anyone has information concerning their where-abouts let me know. Anyway, with CR gone I decided to leave the Forest and find a home elsewhere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More . . . | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...want to know what I am doing? I am looking for a home. That is the problem. And I am going to call it "THE WOLERY...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More . . . | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

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