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Word: overing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mrs. Coplon bit her lips, began to twist a handkerchief. From across the room Archie Palmer rasped: "Try to smile, Mrs. Coplon." The old lady immediately burst into tears. Archie, who had a selection of throat lozenges lined up along the jury rail, picked out an orange mint and popped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: It Was Love | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Why had the pair dodged surreptitiously all over Manhattan? Judy explained that Gubichev was afraid that his wife had hired detectives to follow them. He had also "petrified" her by muttering that the NKVD might be after him. Judy had thought the whole business was very silly -particularly sitting on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: It Was Love | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

She said that it was all the fault of her boss, William E. Foley, chief of the Foreign Agents Registration Section. Foley (whom she also accused of being furious at her for taking two hours off to get a permanent) had given her the report, asked her to make notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: It Was Love | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

She ordered two whisky sours and a Daiquiri, sipped from all three glasses and read over a note she had written the day before. It said: "It's extremely important that I see you . . . We're not acquainted. . . my name is Ruth Anne Burns and I'm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Silly Honey | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Fat, placid Queen Anne got tired of bouncing in a carriage over Britain's heaths watching the gentlemen of her court chase deer. She established the Ascot racecourse so that she could sit in one place and watch the gentlemen race their horses around. In the 238 years since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Jolly Good Show | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

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