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Word: norness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Let me explain why I am mentioning George Rinehart's "Boy Meets Girl" first. It is not the best item in Signature, nor is it the worst. But for awhile it gave me a hard time. I started to read: "Behold! For this is that of Beowulf, of Ecgtheow the...

Author: By E. PARKER Hayden jr., | Title: On the Shelf | 3/24/1949 | See Source »

"Communism can be warded off only by a 'better justice' on the part of the Western world, not by the all too cheap denials in which the fear of the West is now expressing itself. Nor can I confess allegiance to ... [the] 'Christian West'; rather I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Theologian's Ten Years | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

The camera spares India neither praise nor blame. It takes a passing glance at the high, cool beauties of Kashmir, the shaded Western luxuries of India's rich, and the dark, woebegone face of an Indian waif circled by three buzzing flies. It watches a family of Untouchables eating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 21, 1949 | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Eliot believes that there is a very good reason for linking horses and bishops. "No culture," he argues, "can appear or develop except in relation to a religion"; nor can any religion survive without the "maintenance of culture." And yet, religion and culture are not identical. A close observer can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Back to the Waste Land | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Ulcerated Hearts. Confess and do penance as they will, they can neither undo their crime nor heal the ulcers in their hearts; for, says Author Green, the consequences of a crime of weakness are as terrible as those of a crime of strength. A fire in Pelancey's shop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Crime of Weakness | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

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