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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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To celebrate its 25th birthday last week, the Saturday Review of Literature (circ. 92,000) rounded up a literary team of heavy hitters led by Robert Sherwood, John P. Marquand, Lewis Gannett, Christopher Morley, Maxwell Anderson. They obligingly tried to knock the cover off the ball, but it was SRL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Looking Backward | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

But there was one rift in the prevailing gloom. Martin Codel, editor of Television Digest, reported a flutter of optimism: "Every speculation for fall is good. The reports are too uniform to be mere pep talk. The depression feeling has been completely reversed. With the big football schedules coming up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Leaning Tower of Babel | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

Old Defeat. This is Merman's second try at radio. Back in 1935, she went on the air with a program broadcast at the same time as Major Bowes' Amateur Hour and went off, defeated, twelve weeks later. She is leery of television: "I did two shows with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Female of the Species | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

The two bedrooms were contrastingly tiny-only 12 by 14 ft.-and so was the 8 by 19 ft. kitchen, but with their built-in furniture they had the neat efficiency of cruiser cabins and galley. There was nothing to sweep under, and no space to mislay things. The two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: New Shells | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

Less Work. Nevertheless, there was little doubt that business was on the downgrade. The Federal Reserve Board's production index, which had stood at around 166% of the 1935-39 average in late June, was estimated to have dropped another five points, off 34 points from 1948's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Spotty | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

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