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Word: learnedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Congressmen wondered if Harry Truman might go one historic step farther and do the politically unthinkable: let Donaldson pick his postmasters out of the ranks, on merit, They inquired hopefully about his life, his friends, his foibles and hobbies-and found that he is a very unpolitical person. They did...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Mailman's Mailman | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

Thus did the red-headed Miss Cord, a native of Cambridge, finally find her way to the hearts of the Plympton Street scribes, whose home she has passed "ever since I learned to walk." The tall statuesque entertainer chatted gaily about her career as a singer and burlesque artiste--"stripping...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Stripteuse Displays Pet Bangles for Crime | 12/5/1947 | See Source »

Most outstanding 50 yd. man now present and accounted for, with the eligibility of Norm Watkins and Bill MacVicar still in doubt, is Milt Busby. The latter operative, who learned his sleek stroke in the warm Caribbean waters which wash the Puerto Riean literal, is currently paired with Al Weatherhead...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/4/1947 | See Source »

At the rate of $3.50 per month, students can rent car space either by the year or by the month, the only condition being no parking Saturdays during the football season. The fall Saturday rental pays for half the taxes on the lot, it was learned.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Parking Plan Approved; Council Donates Funds | 12/2/1947 | See Source »

This kiddie-car plot will not dismay admirers of Novelist James Hilton, who have learned that his vehicles are always freighted with something worth unloading. In Goodbye, Mr. Chips it was Tender Sentiment; in Lost Horizon it was Thrilling Adventure; in this picture it is Gripping Realism. The story, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 1, 1947 | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

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