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Word: mises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bicycle down the right-of-way to her house.* But she is no expert on M-K-T affairs. Her appointment is not without a sentimental connotation. Railroads usually look after their own (often an executive's wife receives one year of his salary upon his de mise) and Charles Whitehead was well-liked throughout the Katy. Mrs. Whitehead's job is described as helping the Katy in "interpreting the woman's viewpoint," suggesting niceties of passenger travel, perhaps even soliciting freight from businesswomen. Mrs. Whitehead lives in St. Louis, likes to play golf, is charming. Friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Katy's Lady | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

...dinghy sailing among the bedouins. There is so little to be said on the subject save to point why there is none. . . . There is a good deal of sameness from one year to another in the doings of our amateur stage, and the general level of acting, directing, mise-en-scene and audience remains depressingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Canadian Culture | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

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