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Word: posted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...southern tip of Arabia, are, as one British diplomat put it, part of the "burden of empire." Last spring, Aden's British Governor Sir Reginald Champion added another straw to his imperial burden. An Adenese chieftain, the Sharif of Beiham, had asked that a frontier customs post be set up to tap the rich stream of smuggled coffee, skins and qat (an Arabian drug) which kept flowing into his territory over an ancient traders' trail from Yemen. Governor Champion ordered the post built, but the Yemeni launched a strong objection. Later, they simply started shooting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Supply & Demand | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...Veteran Post-Impressionist Pablo Picasso, 67, paused in the glare of the sun for an earthy, realistic photograph while strolling near his villa at Vallauris, near Cannes, with his twentyish mistress, Francoise Gillot, and their two-year-old son, Claude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Footloose | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

John White will probably take over for Moffie at wingback with Bill Healy moving to Kenary's safety man post. Charlie Walsh will spell Henry as offensive quarterback...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Injury-Ridden Crimson Given Edge Over Columbia in Today's Skirmish | 10/1/1949 | See Source »

...Tung, a peasant's on turned revolutionary, yesterday was named head of the new Chinese communist government which will bid soon for international recognition. The widow of Sum Yat-Sen was also named for a post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Steel to Strike; Some Miners Return | 10/1/1949 | See Source »

...their minions, and those of their friends who share their exact estimate of what is funny. This would be a valid argument if the Lampoon were typed on Kleenex and passed fraternally from hand to hand. However, the Lampoon is a bona fide publication, "Copyrighted . . . entered at the Boston Post Office," and engaged in selling advertising space to merchants who presumably expect to reach more people than are usually gathered in the Great Hall of the aviary...

Author: By Arthur R. G. solmssen, | Title: ON THE SHELF | 9/29/1949 | See Source »

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