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Word: nicely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first time Robert Coombes was accused of attacking a little girl, his mother believed he was innocent. After all, he was only 14. He was a little sullen, but a nice-looking boy with his dark curly hair. That was three years ago. The second time, when he attacked a seven-year-old girl in a cinder-strewn lot near his home in Maiden, Mass., his mother knew better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Mother Knew Best | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...looked as if Harry Woodring, if he wanted to keep things nice, would have some campaign expenses after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KANSAS: Nice at a Price | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Harry Hines Woodring of Topeka, Kans. is a man who loves nice things. As a private citizen, he likes tatting, antiques, and the view from his front porch, with its pleasant shrubbery and small lake. As a politician, he doesn't care to associate with the hoarse, beefy men of the smoke-filled hotel rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KANSAS: Nice at a Price | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...What sort of a woman is Barbara, anyway?" demanded the Prince's mother, Princess Katherine, back home in Nice. She was not optimistic: "I've always been afraid of American women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Old Complaint | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Suddenly It's Spring (Paramount) is one of those plump, shiny comedies that Director Mitchell Leisen can pack-and Paramount can crank out-like so many frankfurters. Items: 1) the leading characters, most of whom are presented as nice people, go through their romancing about as honorably as so many rutting hyenas; 2) by glance, leer, double-take and triple-talk, the audience is continually nudged with strong suggestions of amorous hanky-panky; 3) all the bedroom-eyeing is technically codeproof because the two chief romancers are married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Mar. 17, 1947 | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

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