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Word: mees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conservative U.S. papers the sultry little tale from Havana got what it deserved: decent burial on an inside page, below the fold. In the tabloids, and such dailies as are tabloids under the skin, the life, loves and death of one John Lester Mee got top billing as the season's spiciest mixture of sin, sex, masochism and mon-keyshine justice. It was the type of news the U.S. press tells only too well, and loves to tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Satira, Tirana & Mee | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...Allegretti '47, John C. Babcock '47, Joseph S. Berliner '48, Paul E. Des Marais '49, Morgan J. Doughton '47, Walter S. Frank '49, John L. Hawk '49, Frederick W. Kinsman '49, William G. Lawrence '50, Mark W. Leiserson '48, Bernard Loitman '40, Donald P. MacDonald '50, William W. Mee '47, James M. Menger, Jr. '48, Vincent P. Moravec '40, William F. O'Connor '49, Berol L. Robinson '48, Abe Schestopol '49, and John M. Teem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nineteen Vets Win National Scholarships | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

...Tsunami (pronounced (tsu-nah'-mee) is a Japanese term favored by seismologists over the popular but inaccurate "tidal wave." Literal translation: seismic sea-wave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Tsunami the Terrible | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

...sweet, soft voice texture which stirred and delighted Chicagoans, Father Finn achieved by instructing high sopranos to sing moo; low sopranos, mee; first altos, mah; second altos, maw. "When you hear them mooing and making and everything, it's like listening to a lot of flutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Finn's Jennies | 4/9/1945 | See Source »

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