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Word: observerer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Norman Collins, BBC's television chief, thinks Muffin appeals to everyone, including grownups, because his "grandiose ideas always go wrong, and, in that sense, he is the epitome of a whole field of human experience." The London Observer's radio critic has written learnedly of Muffin's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Stars on Strings | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

Many an observer, like Michigan's Republican Senator Homer Ferguson, cried that this was another "step toward socialism." It was hardly that-yet. But it was a shrewd political move designed to scare steelmen into making more steel. It also put out the welcome mat for such companies as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Socialistic Prod? | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

¶ Oscar Widmer, U.S. Weather Observer in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., was sure that he could report a record 48-hour rainfall. But when he checked his rain gauge he found it contained only an inch of water: it had sprung a leak.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jan. 10, 1949 | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

"Paisan" has no plot, but this adds to the film rather than harming it. The movie is composed of six entirely unrelated episodes with the common background of war; specifically, the war in Italy. Each episode lights up one side of the conflict, giving the observer a closer glimpse into...

Author: By E. PARKER Hayden jr., | Title: Paisan | 1/5/1949 | See Source »

While he spoke, the rattle of gunfire echoed through the auditorium. Outside, a handful of Lebanese Communists had picked a fight with the police. They were driven off, but when the session was over the police were not satisfied. Lebanese Communist Mustafa Aris was in the hall as an accredited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Without Distinction | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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