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Word: rangely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next morning Dr. Epstein's phone rang. It was his secretary. " 'Mr. X [the flutist] has just broken a tooth in his new denture. And oh, doctor, he is whistling now.' 'Make my coffee a little stronger this morning,' I said to Mrs. Epstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Case of the Whistling Flutist | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

...extravagant for her. Other royal guests included King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI. The house was so vast that, the story goes, guests were given packets of wafers to strew along the corridors showing the way back to their rooms. A guest once rang the servant's bell on Saturday; it was Monday before his man appeared. During one Doncaster race week, a butler walked 54 miles in four days, merely attending his household duties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Stately Coals of England | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...Miami real-estate offices it seemed like old times, almost like 1925 Florida boom times. Phones rang, telegrams poured in, buyers haggled over prices. Deals were closed, and at fancy prices, compared even to a year ago. Piling up fat commissions, brokers happily pondered the new Florida real-estate boom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: Miami on the Make | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...days before Christmas and all through the Jefferson Club rang merry tunes and the clinking of friendly beer mugs. The occasion was in celebration of the following events: (1) Johnny Craig (the little Corporal) taking that sad, but seemingly inevitable step . . . marriage. (2) Carl Helgard Hartwig, (the yooman-in-charge), moving from 1st class to Chief. (3) Johnny Carey, more commonly known as "Sandy," moving up into the rate of 1st class storekeeper, and the Christmas season in general. However, as the evening progressed the components of the group found new and interesting things to celebrate...

Author: By James E. Markham, | Title: Enlisted Men | 12/17/1943 | See Source »

...gunners win their medals by shooting the enemy out of the air. In a story released last week in Air Force (official service journal of the A.A.F.), the Army told how one gunner rang the gong by using his wits and the lore he had learned in radio school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Skeptic | 11/29/1943 | See Source »

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