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Word: magyars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile the University Maintenance Crews prepared 500 gallons of what was described as "corn" to keep the staff and the vice-President of the Corporation "up to snuff." Snuff, it was observed, can only be purchased of a certain Magyar Refugee '06, in Passamaquoddy, Maine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow Slips In on Little Cat Feet | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Even in kindergarten, the Soviet indoctrination of Magyar moppets is going on apace. The daily Magyar Nemzet reported an interview with one student of dialectical materialism, four-year-old Robert Rev. Robert quickly identified the portraits of Lenin, Stalin and Communist Boss Matyas Rakosi on the classroom walls. Said he: "They are discussing how to prevent war, and planning the construction of more factories, more kindergartens and more shops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Education of a Patriot | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...overjoyed that our glorious Magyar players have conquered the American reactionary agents and jumping jacks of dollar imperialism who fill those of us of the Hungarian People's Republic with disgust," Hungarian Radio Commentator Gyoergy Szepesi prattled into the microphone. The only ringside commentator at the world-champion table tennis tournament in Stockholm, ardent, 25-year-old Communist Szepesi was not going to pass up his chance to get in a plug for the new order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFLECTIONS: Ping-Pong Imperialists | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...Hungarian players, who did not share the fire-eating Communist's opinions, privately apologized to the U.S. team. After the Hungarian team won the Swaythling Cup, even Gyoergy grudgingly relented: "It's a pity I said all this. It chips off some of the glory of the Magyar victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFLECTIONS: Ping-Pong Imperialists | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...Communist Budapest, where the shadow of the Kremlin grows longer and blacker every day, they were telling an old story* to cheer themselves up. Two workers, Erno and Lajos (Magyar for Pat & Mike), were discussing whether life under the people's republic was better than the old days. "Obviously it is," said Erno. "Why?" asked Lajos. "Well," said Erno, "in the old days you lived in a cold, dirty flat, ate a few crusts of bread for breakfast, and then shivered on the street waiting for a tram. After a long, hard day you returned to your flat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Nov. 15, 1948 | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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