Search Details

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


Usage:

...victor was the Brigadier's elder brother, Major General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri, O.B.E., commander of an armored division in India. Both the Chaudhuris are armored corps officers, and your confusion was understandable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Anti-Semitic Twist? | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Said Major General William H. Tunner: "We look upon the airlift not as an end in itself. It is an exercise in the technique of using big airplanes in a manner hitherto unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: Precision Operation | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...time, the delegation believed that there would be a big job to do in our region, locating DP's in colleges in Northern New England. Our report to the Council, therefore, resolved to make this our one major project...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defends Delegation | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

There are other ways that the Academy makes sure no lillies slip through unnoticed. For one, the Cadet's annual pay comes to $973 per annum, out of which sum he must provide all his expenses including books and the 16 different uniforms required. In the words of Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, Superintendent of the Academy, "This stipend being probably the lowest wage scale in the United States, the Cadet must exercise the utmost frugality to keep a balanced budget...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: West Point Builds on Past Tradition | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

...these two into tough, witty, shrewd people, the kind Hart loves to harrass. Virginia Fields, who looks better than ever, portrays a shifty Lady in Lights who gurgles "darling" to almost everyone but her dull-witted Wall Street husband, obviously another pet peeve of Hart's. For only two major characters does the Hart show tenderness. One is the playwright in the plot, played earnestly and well by Barry Nelson. The other is the actress' mother (Phyliss Povah), slandered often, but always ready to play Gin with the play's angel...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: Light Up The Sky | 10/14/1948 | See Source »

Previous | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | Next