Search Details

Word: limpidity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...publicity has a tactful way of wording it: the TV show called Blues by Bargy appears "at various hours" during the week. Tall, limpid-eyed Singer-Pianist Jeanne Bargy, 27, describes her eight months with CBS more bluntly: "I'm a fillin. Whenever they have an odd quarter-hour or when someone is sick, they get in touch with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Fill-in | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...Newfoundland's west coast, silvery Atlantic salmon were running in a score of rivers. The big ones picked the lordly Humber. Last week, U.S. sportsmen were heading in to try the Humber's limpid pools. On the more popular of Newfoundland's 108 major salmon rivers, cabins were booked solid. (Cost: $25 a day for board, room, canoe and guide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Tourist Outpost | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

...slightly lazy and limpid air of a fresh Florida morning, authentic as can be, comes through on the first page of this novel. The rest is not all so authentic, but as a novel about the "race problem" it makes more sense than many more violent pieces of writing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cal & Ezekiel | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

Most vociferous anti-Dutch leader was Major General Sutomo, known as Bung (Comrade) Tomo to Indonesian radio listeners. A limpid-eyed, long-haired journalist, Bung Tomo turned guerrilla leader in 1945. He then vowed not to shave until the Dutch left Indonesia, but a year ago his beard got too much for him and he shaved. Sample of his radioratory: "Kill the Dutch, kill the British, cut throats, tear limb from limb, boil them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Merdeka! | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...Eliot has paid his homage to De la Mare in unusually limpid verse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Elusive Genius | 7/19/1948 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next