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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...third grade, he was a little slow. I never dreamed he would grow up to be traveling around the country so fast. He used to sit in school daydreaming, and I always suspected he had his fishing pole hidden out back somewheres." In high school Chuck speeded up some. Miss Gonza Methel, a teacher, remembers him as "one of the best geometry students I ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man in a Hurry | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...Miss Edith Annin, of Richmond, will assume the post of head-resident of Radcliffe's Moors Hall when the newest Annex dormitory opens in September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Picks New Dorm Head | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...Miss Annin, who is and alumna of Bryn Mawr College, is doing graduate work in Government at Radcliffe. She moves up to the Moors Hall position after serving this year as head-resident of 20 Walker Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Picks New Dorm Head | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...didn't share the enthusiasm of last year's New York theatergoers, who cheered themselves hoarse over Miss Anderson's performance, it was only because its magnificence came as no revelation. It is, however, particularly gratifying to see her playing Medea again, and to find that she has somewhat tempered her interpretation of the she-lion to make her more sympathetic. There are now instances to show that the embittered Asiatic does not lose her sense of humor, And, needless to say, she does not lose her sex impulse. Miss Anderson's Medea rages not only at the wrong done...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Playgoer | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

...Greek tragedy; the number of mythological allusions and images is small and the diction is tuned for modern ears. It's a pity that the writer, who has a good sense of dramatic values, has no lyrical gift. Mr. Jeffers has had theater greatness thrust upon him by Miss Anderson...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Playgoer | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

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