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Word: quiverful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that it threatens the national economy. Practically overnight, Raft latches on to the right blonde (Nina Foch), who leads him to the right tropical island, where he meets the Master Mind (George Macready), an underworld exquisite with a passion for fine music and archery. Macready, even with his handsome quiver of arrows, is no match for Raft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jun. 20, 1949 | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

Chase It. Henry James was always conscious of the pit. He set some of his novels directly in its depths, populated many of his short stories with jittery, conscience-prodding ghosts. The 18 stories now brought together into one volume are a notable contribution to the quake-and-quiver school of writing; they are also subtle portraits of people disturbed by their own failures and weaknesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sermons from the Pit | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...Questions? In Detroit, John H. Franklin explained to the court how his wife got her black eye: "She was frying chicken. The heat made the chicken muscles quiver and it kicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 11, 1949 | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...cupid! Cast away your bow and quiver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: O God! O Kinsey! | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...Brensham, all the thieves and poachers are lovable rogues, all the women quiver with massive bursts of laughter, all the intellectuals are wise, all the drunkards poetic. Natural eccentricity and tolerance leave no place for nasty gossip and nagging. The vicar keeps live bait in the church font and nesting-boxes over the porch ("My dear fellows," says he to his wardens, "can you think of anything less sacrilegious than a pair of spotted flycatchers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author in Wonderland | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

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