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Word: mildly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three other stories one concerns a frustrated pianist, and another a frustrated man who just sits in a cafe. The remaining story, by Miss Miriam Ginsberg, it is a pleasure to report, is humorous, and despite the very mild nature of its wit, her account of a girl's gym class seems practically uproarious when compared with the morose material which surrounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Shelf | 4/12/1947 | See Source »

...year later, now healthy but a mild hypochondriac, he came back to the air, began his present half-hour show. Its main attractions: a ten-minute sketch involving a guest star and a short stroll down the most famed of all airlanes: Allen's Alley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The World's Worst Juggler | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...Bock declared that cases in this vicinity have been few and mild, but he advised early action to prevent an outbreak of the kind that is currently taking place in the Middle West...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University to Combat Influenza with Shots | 3/25/1947 | See Source »

Radiomen developed a mild case of jitters. A couple of showmakers with a mystery on Mutual hurried down to "talk things over" with Mrs. Hanowell. The National Association of Broadcasters had all sorts of little parleys with her. Columbia nervously dusted off a six-month-old report on crime shows and juvenile delinquency prepared by a friendly psychologist. ABC's Program Director Robert Saudek got off a hasty proclamation: ". . . Radio listening ... is a spectator sport whose influence on a child's personality is probably even smaller than the proportion of time he spends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Children's Hour | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

...slight, mild-mannered journalism instructor from Missouri stepped ashore at Shanghai. His fellow passengers piled into rickshas, but he could not bring himself to ride behind a human beast of burden. He walked to his hotel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: J. B.'s Boy | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

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