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Word: neighs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Father Murray's contention that the Roman Church is the one true church of Christ may sound like a neigh to his ears, but to most Americans it has the sound of a bray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 3, 1949 | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Despite these worldly cares, which the apostles had in their time too, the postwar seminarians are a quality lot. Said McCormick Vice President Kenneth G. Neigh: "The level is far higher than when I graduated here in 1936." Last week, in other Chicago seminaries, officials agreed with Neigh. The men's wartime experience has much to do with this, but even more important is the growing conviction among Protestant seminarians that religion goes far beyond mere social service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Barnabas Up to Date | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...disconcerting chum, is also a neat bit of typecasting. She is Beverly Wills, 14, the strident, skinny daughter of strident, skinny Comedienne Joan Davis. Agent Polan vetoed more than 70 candidates before Beverly appeared, but Beverly was worth waiting for. With her mouthful of braces, untameable hair and raucous neigh, she out-fuffied Fuffy. Beverly is "just crazy" about Barbara, is trying to "develop more of a squeak - like my mother's." The program rates her ultimate gush : "I'd listen to it whether I were on it or not." Creator Benson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Really Sincere | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...final neigh was voted, however, when it was "pointed out that while "Godiva" Adams' tresses were more than ample, "Godiva" Holabird's might not quite cover the situation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Donna's Tresses Can't Sub For Dresses--Horse Stalled | 3/8/1947 | See Source »

...clasping a long bamboo pole in his right hand and flanked by four companions, Gandhi set out on a walking tour of Bengal's Noakhali district. On his "last and greatest" experiment, the Mahatma said he would visit 26 Moslem villages, would seek to rekindle the lamp of "neigh-borliness" quenched in that area (and in much of India) by blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Reprieve from Disaster | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

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