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Word: pointedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...point out a curious relationship between the two stories? Korzybski says that what's wrong with people with "Aristotelian orientations" is that they tend to build their attitudes and their lives on verbal definitions . . . His "non-Aristotelian" theory is directed toward getting people past their definitions and words, i.e., blasting a few holes in the verbal wall that stands between them and reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1949 | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Martha watched little Ray with a she-bear's jealousy, insisted on posing as his sister and sharing his honeymoon trysts. When he was wooing one Irene D. La Point of Springfield, Vt., Martha wrote the woman "hideous things" about him. Irene wrote: "You skunk-but I love you, darn it." The romance was broken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Big Martha | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...State Representative Edwin Snow rose on the floor of the Idaho legislature, was recognized by the chair-and asked pretty, redheaded State Representative Edith Miller to marry him. Said thirtyish Miss Miller, after order had been restored: ". . . on a point of personal privilege I accept Mr. Snow's proposal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Mar. 14, 1949 | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...backstroke, the Eli's boast Mike Pettee, consistent winner and one of the East's speediest men in the event. And Pettee has himself been beaten by teammate Al Ratkietwich. From the Yale point of view this race should be Harvard is now tied for third place in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League. It's not going any higher...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Mighty Yale Swimming, Basketball Teams Hit Town Today | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

...music and lyrics carried the main weight, however. From overture to final chorus, the songs were the strong point. All types of musical comedy song were well accounted for. "Passport and a Sigh" and "Halcyon Days" are truly fine solo numbers on the popular-song level; "Tomorrow is Manana" and "Anygnay" made exciting production numbers; and the lyrics in "The Best Things in Life Are in 'Life' " and "They Can't Get Along Without Me" made these ensembles the top numbers of the show...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: "Tomorrow Is Manana" | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

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