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Word: personation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week, and there he meets a beautiful girl, Estella, who is being trained by the old lady to revenge her on men. But Pip loves her right through his life, while she, admittedly without a heart, breaks the heart of every man who falls for her. Meanwhile, an anonymous person has given Pip money to go to London and become a gentleman, and then his adventures start in earnest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 7/1/1947 | See Source »

...soldier spot a Red? The Army's way: "If a person consistently echoes the Party Line, he is probably a Communist. If he has consistently agreed with every shift and change in the Communist press, he is probably a Communist. If a person consistently supports Soviet policies, he is probably a Communist. If a person consistently practices all of the above, he is a Communist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: A Shadow Is Seen | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

...euthanasia (putting an incurable patient to death) to be murder. Supporters of euthanasia, including many doctors and a few clergymen, are aware that the law must be changed before euthanasia can ever be legal. To find out what the U.S. public thought, Gallup pollsters asked the question: "When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his family request...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Question | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

Petitions must be filed in person at 2 University Hall by 5 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deadline for Changes | 6/27/1947 | See Source »

...have no objection to criticism honestly offered about any of my books. But I object to attacks made upon me personally, with the whole object to belittle, humiliate and hurt me as a person. . . . I do not know how this "gentleman" obtained his garbled information about me, but I intend to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 23, 1947 | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

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