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Word: lincoln (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dewey, highball in hand, was all smiles as he circulated among the distinguished Republicans gathered at. Washington's Mayflower Hotel for the annual Lincoln Day dinner. The rumored boycott of his speech had failed to materialize, and there were no outward signs of the resentment some Republicans feel toward their losing candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: High Roads & Dead Pigeons | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

Theodore P. Adams '67, who was Harvard's oldest living alumnus, died at Plymouth Saturday at the age of 103. During his senior year here, the future Cambridge Latin School teacher witnessed the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oldest Graduate, Theodore Adams, Succumbs at 103 | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...Lincoln Gordon, associate professor of Business Administration, speaking on the program with Mason, emphasized the burden ERP places on the taxpayer and declared that the Marshall Plan gives little stimulus to inflation in this country. In fact, prices began to decline in August just when ERP spending was at its peak, Gordon added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mason Foresees No Need for ERP After 1952, Cites Gains | 2/9/1949 | See Source »

Light Fingers. In McKeesport, Pa., Automobile Dealer John C. Smouse complained to police that someone had stolen a new Lincoln right out of his display window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 7, 1949 | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...time Uncle Charlie gets his copy he is more than ready for it. He reads four daily newspapers: The Portland Press-Herald, Boston Herald, Boston Globe, and the Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald. He also reads other magazines. Having been around long enough to recall the news of Lincoln's assassination and to see Americans march off to four wars, Uncle Charlie has a longer view of the news than most people. He admits, for instance, that Russia is a threat to the U.S., but he wants to wait awhile before making any prognostications about it. "You can't hurry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 7, 1949 | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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