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Word: neveral (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...always has been. Over the years knowledge, theories, the results of experiments brought by travelers to the Indies, to far off China, Australia, Europe and Africa-and just across Boston's Charles River-all this he has added to his own native wisdom ... But he has never mixed ... in his formula...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Abe Weatherwise | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...couldn't exist without Sagen-dorph and his staff, "may forecast that a particular day will be 'warm.' He never says how warm it will be ... I'm not sure our definitions would be accepted in official weather circles. Abe defines rain as any precipitation which will spatter off a bald man's head. Snow means you can see a cat's tracks across the barn roof. These are meaningful definitions, but the specialists down at the Weather Bureau would probably have to hold their sides to keep from laughing." Funny, though, says Sagen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Abe Weatherwise | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...lets it run on too long, sometimes lets it go too far. What tremendously braces The Silver Whistle's very shaky charm is José Ferrer's very assured performance. A master of florid roles, a born Cyrano de Bergeractor, Ferrer spouts and yarnspins with an air, never trades tinseled make-believe for drab reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...said Plomb, its markets and most of its skilled help would be gone. In addition, the company estimated that it would have to pay $500,000 in profits to Plumb and $40,000 in costs, a loss that would be sorely felt. It looked as if tool buyers might never again be confused over Plomb & Plumb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Plumb v. Plomb | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...running the bank. In its 112 years, the bank passed serenely through a score of scares and panics. Girardmen like to say that it is almost the only top U.S. bank (in size, it is No. 86 in the U.S.) that has never merged or consolidated. And since 1837 it has failed to pay a dividend only once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: New Club Member | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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