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Word: nones (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brilliant skill and showmanship. "Magic Town," on the other hand, aims for sentiment and achieves mawkishness; it reaches out for allegory and it grasps chaos and incongruity. And, to round out the comparison, although it appears to have scarcely any intent of being a fantasy, and certainly has none of the elements characteristic of a good fantasy, it seldom seems to be anything else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/12/1948 | See Source »

...gave generously of his time and counsel as well of his resources to assist Harvard's growth as a national institution. I can think of no Harvard man of recent years who, as a private citizen, has had such an influence on the life of his times, and certainly none who has done so much for his alma mater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lamont's Will Grants University $5,000,000 | 2/11/1948 | See Source »

Conant challenged the proponents of the legislation to prove that persons advocating the overthrow of government by force posed a danger to the state of nation. "I know of none anywhere on our teaching staffs," he said...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Conant Scores Barnes Bill As Harbinger of 'Hysteria' | 2/10/1948 | See Source »

This year's Gymnast squad has played a lengthy, tough schedule, whose 23 games have carried it across the continent and Eack in a none-too-happy Christmas time jaunt...

Author: By Ronald M. Foster jr., | Title: Quintet Faces Springfield at Garden | 2/10/1948 | See Source »

...Roman Catholic Church has always deplored the family with too few children or none. Birth-controllers used to worry only about families with too many children. But that was three decades or so ago, when Margaret Sanger began her crusading. Last week the Planned Parenthood Federation (it used to be called the Birth Control League) actually made a deep bow to a Roman Catholic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Planned Fertility | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

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