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Word: lowe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Amid the gossipy birthday crowds strolling last week across the imperial gardens at Tokyo, a frayed, rustic-looking little man stopped, doffed his hat and made a low bow toward the palace. In the middle of this gesture, once compulsory but now archaic, the little man suddenly became aware that his more modern-minded countrymen were staring at him. Deeply embarrassed, he checked himself in mid-bow, pretended that he was merely scratching his head, and put his hat back on. Then he shyly disappeared into the crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: New Door to Asia | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Latino arsenals would get no more than the surplus material, originally worth $112,200,000, which the U.S. Army had rationed out to them at knockdown prices as low as 10? on the dollar after World War II. Of the total, the biggest amount ($20.3 million worth) went to Mexico, followed by Chile ($19.9 million), Brazil ($19.5 million) and Cuba ($15.6 million). Argentina got only $5.7 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Even Leftovers | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...bureaucracy, their failure to do anything about a prospective drop in Canada's foreign trade, and their haste in calling the election. There was a good chance that the country would also hear him repeat a charge that he made last week-that the Liberals were "socialists in low gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Leadership Test | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Jean Barois, atheist, cowers in the runaway carriage. Another vehicle looms ahead; a crash is inevitable. A low cry bursts from his lips: "Hail, Mary, full of grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Freethinker's Dilemma | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Freshman golfers went to Andover Saturday and won an easy 6 1/2 to 2 1/2 victory. Harvard's Mitch Rosenholtz was low man with a 68--one point lower than the varsity's best score this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Golf Team Wins as Rosenholtz Scores 68 | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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