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Word: persons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...morals on trial under Massachusetts censorship law, "Forever Amber" found a stout defender yesterday in the person of Howard Mumford Jones, professor of English, who stated that the book did not "corrupt or deprave" him. Appearing as star witness for the defense in the current trial of Kathleen Winsor's risque best-seller, Professor Jones testified that the book "bored" his wife, and left his own moral standards unsullied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jones Claims 'Amber' Fails To Move Him | 3/4/1947 | See Source »

...give him, and how it expects to do it. Consequently, he is unlikely to change his mind about it after he has signed up, has a much clearer picture of what will happen to him next term and can plan the rest of his program accordingly. This informed person probably will add neither his name to the petition pile nor his person to the shopper horde...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sins of Catalogue | 3/4/1947 | See Source »

Full employment: "Each person under God has a right and a duty to take his share in the world's work. . . . The responsibility to provide the opportunity to work rests on all segments of our society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Meeting Ground | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

unpopular person: drizzle, drone, fumb, glom, herkle, hinkle, square, toad

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mahaha | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

From Cuba to Cambridge to a lonely Overseer in Juneau, Alaska, University officers and students will fell a slight tweak at their pocketbooks as over 100 solicitors, by mail and in person, begin collecting this evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Food Relief Campaign Starts Today; All Officers, Students to Be 'Tapped' | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

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