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Word: ratting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...minor weakness of King of Hearts is that its cracks come with a slightly too metallic and rat-tat-tat regularity. The more serious weakness is that what little story there is should additionally-in a play that makes mincemeat of clichés-use so many plot cliches itself. Where the wit is so true and the satire so topical, it seems a pity that such sharp pins should jab, in the end, little more than a pincushion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Apr. 12, 1954 | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

...List. In Thurmont, Md., burglars broke into Gordon P. Gaver's snake farm, made off with a king snake, a grey rat snake, two corn snakes, a five-foot boa constrictor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 12, 1954 | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

...clubs and told them that within a year House membership would be a requirement for all undergraduates. Justification for the move had been a College survey that showed a shocking difference in grades between the 50-odd men still living piled on top of each other in the remaining "rat houses" along Mt. Auburn and students in the Houses...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Houses: Seven Dwarfs By The Charles? | 4/1/1954 | See Source »

...loud in Mc Carthy's defense. Some held a middle view, as did Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, who, by implication, praised Joe's works while decrying his ways. The bishop's parable: "It may very well be in any home that a man may set a rat trap with Gorgonzola cheese . . . Many in the home are dissatisfied with the Gorgonzola because it smells up the place. They should prefer to see Swiss cheese . . . put into the trap. But let no one confuse a process with a crime, and if the Gorgonzola is smelling up the house, then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Baited Trap | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

...Like a rat nibbling at a giant cheese, the Republicans go about reducing expenditures. For in this election year, every saving they can show the voters means stronger support at the polls. One area where cuts are convenient is foreign aid. And it is especially easy to pare dollars from the funds bringing foreign students to the country. Few people know, or care, whether this country supports an educational exchange program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squeeze Out | 3/24/1954 | See Source »

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