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Word: knowingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then back to his job of opening mail (which takes 87% of his budget) went calm Byron Price, knowing full well his work was a criminal offense in peacetime, un-American at any time, a vital necessity in wartime.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Spy Stories | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

The sudden closing of enlistments sent bewildered students "allocating" themselves in all directions. Living on rumors and inconclusive official statements since September, they were asked to decide whether or not to enlist without knowing how or when the present semester would end. From patting them on the head with one...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Closing the Gates | 12/16/1942 | See Source »

The cynical Cydoner editors had the satisfaction of knowing that half the division sent the paper home.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MORALE: Gags for Soldiers | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

Knowing full well that this suggestion may never be read by the powers-that-be, I think that one of the networks should give Mildred an exclusive fifteen minute sustaining program, preferably with Teddy Wilson's small Cafe Society band. Certainly when a pseudo-jazz program like "Chamber Music of...

Author: By Eugene Benyas, | Title: SWING | 11/24/1942 | See Source »

In her first big-league appearance Judy turned out to be a knowing, unmanageable gamin ("Shirley, watch my language!") who thought Eddie Cantor was a puppet ("Oh, he talks!") and distrusted his fiscal attitude ("Get the cash, get the cash!"). Says Cantor: "We're going to go on as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: McCarthy's Rival? | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

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