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Word: moistly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...delegates sang "Ioway, that's where the tall corn grows," Allan Kline climbed the platform and slung an arm around old Ed O'Neal. Ed's eyes were slightly moist. To photographers, he said: "You all be careful not to catch mah false teeth!" Far back in the crowded ballroom, one of the delegates yelled: "So long, Ed!" Ed crackled, and waved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: So Long, Ed | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Snuffling, sneezing and moist-eyed, the U.S. showed all the symptoms of a man with a nasty winter cold. The cold was inflation. Despite brave attempts just to bundle up a little more warmly and forget all about it, the U.S. had undoubtedly come down with something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Chills & Fever | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

With red lights flickering and gongs clanging, University Hall's immensely efficient International Business Machines ground to a halt last night, spewing forth the last set of unimpeachable mid-term grade sheets for moist-palmed and dyspeptic undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undergraduates Can Collect Hot-off-Press Grades Today | 11/26/1947 | See Source »

...Cedric Hardwicke does handsomely by the doctor. Lilli Palmer, as the unhappy lady, is a past mistress of the moist eye and the tragic gesture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Nov. 17, 1947 | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...last, at a plenary session of the Kuomintang's Central Executive Committee, the girls found listeners. "I can't speak," said lissome Meng Yen, her eyes moist with emotion. "I can only use my tears to express my feelings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Off with the Dance | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

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