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Word: munches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Carl . . . was The-Book-of-the-Munch-Club . . . the giver-away of a mahogany Britannica with every subscription." He gave Munch-Club readers: "Elizabeth and Sex by Lytton Scratchy, John Brown's Benny by Steve Brody, The Bridge of San Louis Bromfield by Ray Long, A Farewell to Farms by Mark van Doorman, How to be Happy: A Preface to Morons by Walter B. Pipkin, Pfui D., Tristram Coffin, a finespun obituary by Edwinson Arlington Cemetry, Black Majesty by Dark van Moron, The Life of Joseph Wood Peacock by his uncle Doc van Doren, and Training the Giant Pander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rejoycings | 1/4/1943 | See Source »

Book-of-the-Munch. In Manhattan, a Vegetarian Book-of-the-Month club sprouted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 7, 1942 | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...Jayvees will also face the Yale Jayvees at New Haven this afternoon. Henry Mason and North Munch have won particular praise and will probably star

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Harriers Will Run in Big Three Contest Today | 10/30/1942 | See Source »

...bonds; the Seven Dwarfs will soon join them in the new series of war shorts. Three new characters made of carrots (Dr. Carrot, Carroty George, Clara Carrot) have been photo-wired to London, are advising the British that if they want to see better during blackouts, they had better munch carrots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mammal-of-the-Year | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

...some soft weeds on which to spend the night when he suddenly dropped 30 feet into a dried-up well. He yelled. The echo was terrific, but nobody came. He tried to climb out, but the well walls crumbled under his clutching hands. After a while rats began to munch at his shoes. He screamed. Still nobody came. Once in a while he could hear his mates calling him. For twelve hours he whooped and hollered and kicked at rats. Next morning he stripped off his long woolen underwear, touched a match to it. The smudge in the well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Well of Loneliness | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

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