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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...solve this problem," said the bartender, "would be for the King to abdicate and let his son Baudouin come back and be King. We hear young Baudouin isn't too bright, but who the hell wants a bright King? Only it looks as if it isn't going to happen because our King is a stubborn, bitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: The Bitter King | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...procedure is to brush the patient's scalp, apply the secret fluid, then brush the scalp again. Van Rooijen will not allow an analysis of his formula by Dutch medical men, who are skeptical of his claims.* If the doctors want to see results, says the barber sharply, let them look at his customers' heads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: De Wonderkapper | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...Wellesley College, brown-eyed Margaret Clapp found herself one day on both academic and social probation. She was flubbing physics and had come in too late one night from a date ("The car really did break down"). It was not the best of beginnings, but Margaret Clapp did not let it stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Lively Lady | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...become a painter, especially for me-I talk like a Spanish cow-but my life absolutely changed from that minute. I started painting 12 and 15 hours a day. I never went to the cafés; I lost all my friends. When the war started I thought, 'Let the bombs fall. They won't fall on me; I have too much work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Backwoods Baby | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...others but denies his dependence, has trouble adjusting to changes. He finds the world a hostile, dog-eat-dog place, reacts to it violently, but suppresses his emotions; he is sensitive, resents control, drives himself too hard. Said Dr. Ludwig: such patients "do not think in terms of live & let live, but rather of devour or be devoured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aching Joints | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

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