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Word: putting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pretend to be an expert on Communism or any other kind of a political 'ism'," said Second-Baseman Robinson. ". . . But you can put me down as an expert on being a colored American, with 30 years' experience at it. And ... I know that life in these United States can be mighty tough for people who are a little different from the majority - in their skin color, in the way they worship their God, in the way they spell their names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Help Wanted | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...almost offhand way, Eleanor Roosevelt put her head in the lion's mouth. In her column "My Day," she noted that Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, thought that Catholic schools should have a share in federal funds for education. Mrs. Roosevelt disagreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: My Day in the Lion's Mouth | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...contingency fee and percentage basis. Settle with him after the ballots are counted. Pay him nothing if the party doesn't do better than it has in the last 18 years. Pay him a graduated bonus if he increases the Republican vote. Ought to try something to put some incentive into the G.O.P...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Disorder in the Ranks | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...South), soon began to change things. He wanted a playground, and went direct to Beauregard parents for the money. Before long, he had enough to cover the muddy schoolyard with all-weather asphalt. Then he set up tennis, badminton and volleyball courts. For the youngest kids, he put in a basketball court with baskets five feet off the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: New Orleans Eye Opener | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

...Male Animal. In Springfield, Mo., Mrs. Pauline Suggs filed suit for divorce because her husband put an ad in the paper describing himself as a "lonely gentleman wishing to meet a nice lady, 35-40 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 25, 1949 | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

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