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Word: observerer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mr. John Huston will never be a great writer, because he is a bad observer. On locations I wore any odd or old clothing, as the going was mostly rough; but when I presented myself at the hotel I did not wear "faded khaki" as Mr. John Huston claims, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 15, 1948 | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

The Right Wave Length. Clifford presents a serene front to the world and is outwardly patient and smiling at all times. But he is a serious man who gets to the White House early-a habit much admired by early-rising Mr. Truman-and stays late. One of the chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Little Accident | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

To the observer, it was like one big poker game, with members of three determined cliques bluffing each other to see how long each would last out the game. Clouds of smoke thickened in the room, but the plot still looked clear. Cambridge would stay without a mayor.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1,220 Ballots, Yet Mayor's Job Open | 3/13/1948 | See Source »

In gay Paris, they tell the story of the man who fall off the Eiffel tower. As he passed the platform halfway down, an observer heard him mutter. "Well, I'm all right so far." So it is with skijumping, anybody can still sail through the air; it's when...

Author: By Farquahar Schussboomer, | Title: Look Before You Leap | 3/11/1948 | See Source »

Journalists who have resolved to tell the news through the actions, characters and motives of people have committed themselves to dealing in narrative. Unlike most newspaper "stories," which are not narrative, many TIME stories are, in fact, stories. In 1940, Manfred Gottfried* (then managing editor, now chief of foreign correspondents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Story Of An Experiment: From Nowhere to Somewhere | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

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