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Word: mooned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...slams at the eye like a fist. The Ashanti fertility fetish, carried on the backs of pregnant women to help make their children beautiful, has the simplicity of a lollipop but the elegance of a Donatello; the yellow & black Ibibio carving, used in secret female dances, sits its crescent moon with awesome assurance; and the Mpongwe stilt-dance "Mask of the Dead" is ennobled, not coarsened, by its cruel tattoos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Reminders of the Unknown | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...expedition was headed by Baltimore-raised Moon F. Chin, once Chiang Kai-shek's personal pilot. "I don't think the mountains are as high as Mr. Reynolds claims," he said. "But we might as well see." With him went 14 Chinese and foreign correspondents, two technicians, and a Chinese crew armed with radar equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: There She Stands | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...latest convenience is an artificial "moon," of amber and green shaded lights, that perches on a tall pole in the rear of the parking area, enabling patrons to grope their way to comfort stations and move their cars about without smashing fenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ozoners | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...want the moon and stars for free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Spoof HYD . . . | 4/21/1948 | See Source »

...reported by Overseas News Agency: 1) the discovery of Hitler alive, and an exclusive interview with him; 2) an exclusive description of the first scientific creation of living matter with a free will of its own; 3) coverage of the first journey beyond the earth, either to the moon or one of the planets; 4) the re-emergence of Atlantis; 5) the first real proof of a life after death; 6) discovery and photographing of a live prehistoric monster; 7) discovery of an eyewitness to a major event in history, such as the Crucifixion; 8) the first atom bombing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Great Stories | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

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