Word: mering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...large number of pinball fanatics, then, is not surprising. Indeed, there are many who become entranced with the mere watching of this process, although they do not trust themselves to play. Ask these people-both the players and the watchers-whether the pinball machine is a mere frivolity. Far from that, they will tell you, this invention is one of the most profound and marvelous of the machine age: it is a thing which can restore the soul and give evidence of things unseen...
...Lawyer's Latin for a mere trifle...
...began drably. Well into November the best that Broadway could offer was such a mere second helping as Life with Mother, such hokum-with-cream as Edward, My Son. After that, the season got color in its cheeks, feathers in its cap. At award time, there were no surprise winners: Death of a Salesman had been as excitedly received as any new drama in years, South Pacific saluted with adjectives that rarely come a musical...
...July 1 deadline. Last week the studio bowed to the fateful intricacy of its own schedule, and put the Roman invasion off to May 1, 1950. When Peck bounced out of the hospital, having lost only two days of shooting on the Fox lot (at the cost of a mere $40,000), M-G-M was already a prisoner of its decision...
Every clear evening a small group of devotees gathers around 6 p.m. in front of Lowell's J entry together with a Latin interpreter, who explains that these are no mere penny pitchers. They don't own chariots and they don't wear togas, but otherwise they have meticulously preserved the Roman tradition...