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Word: overing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Alice In Wonderland. Freshman Douglas stood his ground. He was as solid as any man for civil rights. But, he cried, "What would happen if we adopted the Bricker amendment? The answer is very simple. It would inevitably defeat the whole housing bill itself . . . It is no idle mind reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ohio Fish Fry | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Lawrence had found a way to ease its labor pains a little. Instead of laying men off, the mills furloughed men in rotation. For the weeks of furlough, each worker marched over to the unemployment office and drew unemployment pay from the state. (Except for the first layoff each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASSACHUSETTS: The Staggers | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

It was the kind of project-at once heartwarming, over-organized and unabashedly flamboyant-that Americans dote on. The townspeople of New Brunswick, NJ. had set out to build a home for 23-year-old ex-Marine Robert William Hoelzle, who lost the use of his legs when he was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW JERSEY: House-Raising | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

The committee begged Mrs. Clauson to attend the ball as a "hostess" along with the 25 losing contestants. They pleaded that proceeds of the ball were to establish a civilian-worker welfare fund. They took her shopping, bought her a complete new outfit and a few hours in a beauty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Captain & the Sweeper | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

¶ Women, declared Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, noted Mayo Clinic diagnostician, exhibit a tendency to "wear themselves out trying to make over an ordinary, good, kind prosaic husband into a Charles Boyer."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS .& MORALS: Americana, May 2, 1949 | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

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