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Word: partes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harry Truman used some dynamite last week to blast loose at least a part of his civil rights program. At his orders, Solicitor General Philip Perlman, in a speech in New York City, touched off the explosion. Henceforth, said Perlman, the Federal Housing Administration will not insure any loans made on private dwellings which are going to be restricted on the basis of race, creed or color. The policy may affect one-third of all new housing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Block Buster | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...noted that it read: "Walls five feet thick of lead and water to control flying neutrons." He also found, he said, a note on White House stationery, "which impressed me because it had the name of Harry Hopkins printed in the upper left-hand corner. I jotted down part of the message. It said: 'I had a hell of a time getting these away from Groves.' And it was signed with the initials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Dark Doings | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...Radcliffe won't be admitted to Lamont classrooms because, Metcalf said, "you just can't put girls in one part of the building and not in the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Metcalf Doubts Annex Will Ever Enter Lamont | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

...nothing short of amazing that Katherino Griffith, who played as Patience, was able to sing at all, let alone in the remarkably clear and beautiful way that she did, for only two nights ago she finished singing the soprano part in Hamlel's "Messiah...

Author: By Brenton Welling, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

...scenery, costuming, and especially the casting for the production were all good. Everyone was perfect for the part to the point where it seemed that the part was created...

Author: By Brenton Welling, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

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