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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Convention President Mercante, who is provincial governor of Buenos Aires and one of Perón's closest friends, met with Peronista leaders. Shortly afterwards, the majority floor leader, Angel Miel Asquia, came out to tell the press that they had decided to drop the proposal to let a President succeed himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Out of Hand? | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

Bouncy Betty Mutton, playing hostess at a birthday party for Victor ("Beautiful Hunk of Man") Mature, lent her celebrated lung power to help him blow out the candles. Later on, she let it be known that in a forthcoming movie she would take a fling at the role of Ophelia, in a strictly jive version of Hamlet. Sample lyrics, written for her by Frank (Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition) Loesser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 14, 1949 | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...title comes from Churchill's address to the House of Commons on June 18, 1940: "Let us therefore address ourselves to our duty, so bear ourselves that if the British Commonwealth and Empire lasts for a thousand years men will say, 'This was their finest hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Finest Hour | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...Senate; custom dictates a different prayer each day. In olden days the Senate asked less of its chaplain: only legislative days were opened with prayer. But in 1939 the Senators decided that they should make a plea for divine guidance every time they met. Dr. Harris does not let his duties on Capitol Hill interfere with his regular work at Foundry Methodist Church, where next fall he will celebrate his 25th anniversary as pastor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Prayers for the Senate | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...gentleman who dressed in Army-style suntans, refused to wear a coat or tie, and spent most of his time in a chromium wheelchair (he was badly wounded in World War I). At times, he would bellow at his audience ("Can you hear me in the rear echelon?"), then let his voice trail to a mumble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Always the Etc.? | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

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