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Word: preysing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The thaw following the recent sneak snowfalls has transformed Harvard Square into a morass; an oily, black slush is waging an all-out war against man, and winning. What was once snow now looks like low-grade mud, feels like cold porridge, and acts with a diabolical intelligence. This Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How Cold Our Toes, Tiddley-Poom | 1/11/1957 | See Source »

"Will you listen, Americans?" Talmadge asks in the book. "Segregation in the South . . . has proven itself to the best interest of both races . . . Nations composed of a mongrel race lose their strength and become weak, lazy and indifferent . . . easy preys to outside nations . . . exactly what the Communists want to happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Apostle of Apartheid | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

After checking 135 union welfare funds, the Insurance Department found fault with 62, nearly half, and suggested state supervision for all. C.I.O. President Walter Reuther acted fast. "The C.I.O. cannot and will not tolerate crooks," said he. "The union official who preys upon . . . funds . . . has no place in the labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Living It Up | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

Some 20 wild creatures, from the crayfish to the moose, are caught in unguarded moments during each of the four seasons of the year. The camera looks aloft to watch hawks exchanging a dead mouse in midair, and under water to see weary salmon returning to their spawning beds. A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 4, 1950 | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

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