Search Details

Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Many complainants, on the other hand, told the CRIMSON that their applications had apparently been filed with those of persons next in line, whom they didn't even know, and that they had thereby been deprived of seats they were entitled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Biggest Crowd Since '46 Packs Stadium Saturday | 10/21/1948 | See Source »

...future student campaigns do not take place under rules that are too little and too late, the Council and the Dean's Office should polish off the pending permanent "student bill of rights," containing specific rules for College groups. When the 1950 and 1952 battles begin, every campaigner should know where he stands--and where...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rally Rules | 10/21/1948 | See Source »

...very absence of color, the refusal to jump to conclusions, and the blunt, graceless prose, have the persuasiveness of a courtroom exhibit. What Freeman once said of Robert E. Lee holds good for his approach to George Washington: "I know where Lee was and what he did every minute of the Civil War, but I wouldn't dare presume what he was thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Virginians | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...could still write to his best friend's wife: "You have drawn me, dear Madam, or rather I have drawn myself, into an honest confession of a simple fact. Misconstrue not my meaning; doubt it not, nor expose it. The world has no business to know the object of my Love, declared in this manner to you, when I want to conceal it . . " Sally Fairfax answered his letter at once, but tactfully avoided any mention of his romantic confession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Virginians | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...measured judgment: "The patriot emerged slowly. Two generations ago this statement would have been considered defamation. The integrity of the United States was assumed, for some reason, to presuppose the flawlessness of Washington's character and vice versa . . . More Americans will be relieved than will be shocked to know that Washington sometimes was violent, emotional, resentful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Virginians | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Previous | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | Next