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Word: pampered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Casey Jones, relict of the famed engineer, sharp-eyed and spry at "over 80," rode up from Jackson, Tenn. to Chicago for a railroad fair, reminisced about Casey: "Laughing brown eyes that had the imp in them . . . took care of his engine like some people pamper a dog." On the fair: "Some doin's. Only wish Casey could be here. But I don't know what he'd think of these new diesels and the 'astra domes' and stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Solid Flesh | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

...short of inspirational. These men have fully utilized the material provided by the Freshman Dean's office--material that includes all the information concerning the student that was available to the Board of Admissions, as well as placement grades and a confidential parental letter. These advisers do not necessarily pamper or subdue the individual. Rather do they help him to adapt his individuality to his college with a minimum of friction, a minimum of mistakes. They stand as interpreters of the University, not as mere representatives of its rule books. When a Freshman arrives full of eagerness to plunge into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 11/25/1947 | See Source »

Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, pelted with bizarre job offers after Daughter Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski suggested she go to work, chose to go into business for herself. Scheme: a Gloria Vanderbilt pamper-shop in Manhattan-soaps, lotions, perfume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 1, 1946 | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

...good example of how the railroads will pamper their passengers with new equipment was the $6 million, 60-car order which, last week, was ready for signing with the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co. Three railroads (the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Denver & Rio Grande Western, the Western Pacific) plan to operate the new equipment in ten-car, diesel-powered daily streamliners be tween Chicago and San Francisco. The first of the new trains will go into service next summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashions in Cars | 10/1/1945 | See Source »

...Curtis Nettels did not precisely agree with Oboler, but he did let fly at Radio's business-as-usual patter. Said he, in the New Republic: "He [the radio advertiser] puts us off guard; he lulls us with a feeling of false security; he invites us to pamper our appetites when we need to be self-denying and hardy. He magnifies the trivial when great efforts are necessary for our survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: We Need No Goebbels | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

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