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Word: quavers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Judy saw the Russian six times. He bought her dinners, took hef rowing in Central Park. On Christmas she gave him some Toll House cookies. Said Archie: "Now tell the jury how he impressed your female heart and mind . . ." Judy had found him charming, sensitive. She added, with a quaver, "I thought I was in love with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: It Was Love | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

...purpose," said Aunt Anita last week in a voice without a quaver, "is to help create a better world state. You have only to think of the need for this thing . . . look at the press of the world today . . ." Said Thackrey earnestly: "We are not going to lose money." But if he did there would be more where his grubstake came from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Angel in the Wings | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Russell Long was sorry, he said, that his first formal words had to be spoken under such circumstances, i.e., talking to death a Senate rule against filibustering. His desk was piled high, he said, turning on the old Huey quaver, with letters from the poor, the sick, the disabled, pleading for his help. But this other matter had to be taken care of first. He had to protect those same people from a change in the Senate rules "which some future oppressive group could use to grind them to dust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Talking Out of Turn | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...look like lambs?" queried the first poster. This eminently polite question was followed by another which brought a slight grin to the songster's face and a minor quaver to her clear, bell-like tones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gridiron Stars Complete Passes in Unorthodox Post-Season Workouts | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

...campaign to raise $100,000 for the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission in New York, a wealthy coal dealer picked up his pamphlet entitled: The Man Nobody Knows. Profoundly moved by it, he leaned over and whispered to the chairman, who blanched, then bounced to his feet to quaver that the quota was achieved and the drive over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINANCE: Touch System | 1/15/1945 | See Source »

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