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Word: lacings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Firth Shephard, 57, top British theatrical producer who hit the jackpot showing London such U.S. hits as Arsenic and Old Lace and The Man Who Came to Dinner; of a heart ailment; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 17, 1949 | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...family, a handful of old retainers, a sprinkling of ladies and gentlemen in waiting, and the godparents. Resplendent in gold cope and miter before a silver-gilt font, the Archbishop of Canterbury reached out gingerly to take the baby, swathed in four yards of silk and Honiton lace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Christening | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

...lady of some fifty-odd. She didn't even look like a poet. She had a quiet, pale face which looked as if maybe it was a little frightened by the large, black, sawed-off witch's cap she was wearing. There was appropriate white lace at her collar and cuffs...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Morris Gray Readings: Marianne Moore | 12/11/1948 | See Source »

...flesh & blood leg that Minnie suddenly sprouted. The whole thing was a frisky parable in which good & evil did not wrestle so much as tickle each other with straws. Generally tame and frequently tedious, Minnie owed its gayest moments to the bouncy charm of Actress Hull (Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Play in Manhattan, Nov. 8, 1948 | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

Falk and Rome are desperate. They want it back. It's a full-length female leg, delicately covered with nylon and embellished with a blue lace-and-ribbon garter at the upper extremity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomores Lose as Indians Take Gam for Victory Prize | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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