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Word: leanness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Segovia, the plump little Caudillo told 3,000 lean Spaniards that, just by looking at them, he could see they were "really short of nourishment." He blustered: "It is the fault of outside nations which deny us many things." Franco's solution: "If we can't progress looking outward, then we'll progress looking inward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Looking Inward | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

Gossips linked lean, nervous Gerard MacBryan, the Raja's private secretary, to the deal. MacBryan, who calls himself a, Socialist, lives in a London flat decorated with cerise velvet curtains, hidden lighting and deep-cushioned upholstery. He was present at the Ranee's Giro party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SARAWAK: The Raja Presents | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

Once upon a time there was a lean, dark-brown Malayan and his name was Charles Thamboe. When he was a little boy the British taught him to speak beautiful English and later gave him a lovely job as a radio broadcaster. And then wasn't he grand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Little Brown Thamboe | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

...kraals the Negroes grew lean and hungry. Their cattle grew lean and died. The cattle price for wives (lobola) dropped steadily' as the herds diminished. Many Negroes walked hundreds of miles to the towns for food, but there, too, the white folks were standing all night outside food stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Rain | 2/4/1946 | See Source »

...shall lean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Perfect Speech | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

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