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Word: minor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lake Success last week a Russian scientist created a minor sensation in a very major matter when it appeared that he was moving his country approximately half an inch toward international control of the atom. The sensation promptly collapsed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC AGE: Not Even Half an Inch | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Bizet's Symphony, and Franck's Symphony in D Minor. Conductor: Artur Rodzinski...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Nov. 4, 1946 | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...votes, which is within the 5% margin of error which experience shows must be allowed in polls of this sort. It is possible, in these circumstances, that neither party will win. (It is assumed that the "don't care" and "don't like either" group will naturally vote for minor parties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Have You Had Enough Of, Hunh? Mass Sampling of 17 Supplies Answer | 10/31/1946 | See Source »

...most significant and promising gesture came from the Kremlin's pinnacle of power, Joseph Stalin, who twice within recent weeks has good-naturedly answered questionnaires submitted by foreign journalists. Stalin's replies, particularly those given to United Press' Hugh Baillie two days ago, have caused a minor sensation in the diplomatic world and have raised the hopes of peacemakers to a new high. Much of their optimism is justified, but all of it is not borne out by a close examination of Stalin's remarks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: East Meets West | 10/30/1946 | See Source »

...program is about as good as can be expected, with the first Boston performance of Prokofieff's new string quartet as the featured piece. An early Beethoven, the opus 18, No. 3, will open the afternoon, and a somewhat grim note will be struck by the Brahms A Minor quartet at the conclusion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 10/30/1946 | See Source »

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