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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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On the runway at Ohio's Akron-Canton airport one day this week stood a bright yellow, converted C87 that was once used by General Alexander A. Vandegrift, commandant of the U.S. Marines. Waiting for the take-off was a tall, sad-eyed man who was indeed the very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Lord High Engineer | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

Married. David 0. Selznick, 47, cinemagnate (Gone With the Wind, Duel in the Sun); and Jennifer Jones, 30, cinemactress (The Song of Bernadette) ; each for the second time; in Genoa. The marriage, solemnized in the midst of preparations for Jennifer's new European-made film, Gone to Earth, was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 25, 1949 | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

Eventually teen-aged Paul, who thinks Dad is a stinker, pays his first visit to the gaming tables and sees Dad give a demonstration of character. Coolly and courteously, Gable stakes the entire family fortune on a throw of dice-and wins. That is enough for Paul. As a couple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 25, 1949 | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

The only real fun to be had from the belaboring of this plot comes from Ronald Reagan, who rarely gets a crack at light comedy. He does a good job of giving some old gags a new gloss; and masquerading as an immigrant student in one of Schoolmarm Mayo'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 25, 1949 | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

Indian Summer. In Menlo Park, Calif., Charles E. Brown, 82, had to call off his 62nd wedding-anniversary party when he came down with mumps.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 25, 1949 | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

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