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Word: modicum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...persistent rumor had a modicum of truth, the ex-Duce in his present physical condition could only be a figurehead. London's Daily Mail described him last week as "a spent force, prematurely aged, a pathetic, humbled, fearful figure." A report, allegedly from the Italian underground, said he was suffering from an intense nervous breakdown, apparently aggravated by old stomach ulcers. His skin had turned grey, his facial muscles sagged and sometimes his nervous fits were so violent that he had to be treated with morphine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Escape from Ponza? | 9/20/1943 | See Source »

This will call for consummate timing. Priorities of effort will have to be assigned. Each ally will have to sacrifice a modicum of its own advantage for the common...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Victory by Unity | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

...Never Get Rich" is an A-1 Hollywood musical. In several strikingly good dance numbers the new Astaire-Hayworth dance duo tops his last few combinations and equals the old Astaire-Rogers terpsichorean team. Astaire still can't sing and can't act, but the picture wisely requires a modicum of the former and a minimum of the latter. A simple story of how drafted stage star Astaire wins colonel's lady Hayworth, the plot is covered in a few mediocre but short stretches between the excellent musical numbers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

...photographed vaudeville by polypnosed W. C. Fields, assisted by Gloria Jean, Franklin Pangborn and other stage properties. As such, it is strong drink for cinemaddicts who believe that the Great Man can do no wrong, small beer for those who think that even a Fields picture should have a modicum of direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Nov. 24, 1941 | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

...Many U. S. citizens go traveling at this time of year, on warm trains across State and national borders; a few of them even go to warmer countries, with no more papers than passports and certificates of health. Even the underprivileged third-of-the-nation has a modicum of heat, light, food and clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Winter in Europe | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

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