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Word: raced (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Senator Bilbo seems to be assured of reelection next November because a majority of his constituents continue to believe in the "master race" theory. . . . The "Big Four" foreign ministers find little to agree about except the excellence of French champagne. . . . There is danger of war in Palestine. . Hungary is desperately hungry and gripped by a destructive inflation. . . . China remains a house divided. "Operation Crossroads" is . . . the crowning achievement of centuries of scientific research-a way to end civilization quickly but painfully. Dr. Einstein believes in God . . . and considers Him impotent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 29, 1946 | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

Wings over western France and the English Channel no longer meant Spitfires or V-bombs. The National Club for Pigeon Races of London, in a great postwar revival, arranged for 3,500 birds to be taken in three airplanes to Bordeaux, the take-off point for a race to London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLAIN PEOPLE: Coos & Moos | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

Taking the place of Wendell Furry, professor of Physics, the scheduled speaker for the meeting, Livingstone concluded his remarks on a note of hope, by saying that a through understanding of atomic power may prevent us from entering an atomic arms race and further wars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Livingstone Calls For Civilian Atom Control | 7/26/1946 | See Source »

Class five is made up of men who are qualified to row compromise sculls, but not in singles. Beginners in the art of sculling will race in class six using wherries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Single Sculling Regatta Slated for Third Week in August | 7/26/1946 | See Source »

...title is all-important. More than one-fourth of all moviegoers buy tickets without knowing anything about the feature except its title. (Example: with an almost identical theme, two titles registered at opposite poles on A.R.I, popularity tests: Hitler's Children was a beauty; The Master Race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A. P. & Want-to-See | 7/22/1946 | See Source »

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