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Word: proofread (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...senses by his mother (Fay Bainter) and threatened with worse by a sinister fiancee (Ann Rutherford) and prospective mother-in-law (Florence Bates), the celluloid Mitty (Kaye) deserves a Secret Life if ever a man did. He has several, all derived from the ferocious pulps he is paid to proofread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 18, 1947 | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

Last week, the Veterans Administration translated its bureaucratic gobbledygook. The veteran's "physical condition," said VA, "has not changed from a previous examination, and he is not entitled to compensation." Henceforth, a red-faced VA announced, all correspondence will be proofread by young veterans "to make sure it is really intelligible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In English | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

...Reported the hastily proofread New York Herald Tribune: ". . . The state chemist . . . reported traces of ephedrine in the saliva test taken from Mrs. Elizabeth [Arden] Graham." In fact, Magnific Duel's saliva test was negative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flit-Gun Hop | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

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