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Word: raves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Commies go to it. Give them their share of newsprint and radio time, and let them rave. Let them address the D.A.R. in their Washington hall, if they can get an audience. Let them set up a soapbox in front of Independence Hall and holler their heads off. Let them lambast the Democratic and Republican Parties to their hearts' content (both parties need it every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 21, 1947 | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...major who fancies his prospective field as a sort of idealistic joyride into the realm of fantasy, the best advice is "Pull out now, before it's too late!" Go out into the starry night, like Walt Whitman, and enjoy the beauty of the heavens while the learned astronomers rave on inside; but whatever you do, don't try to become a learned astronomer yourself. Astronomy is one of the meatiest, most practical fields of concentration offered at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Astronomy | 4/18/1947 | See Source »

...Association by ducking the most pressing contemporary problem in higher education, has done its members a rave disservice. Its refusal to state flatly that only Federal aid can enable the colleges to fulfill their task--education for all who can benefit by it--merely postpones the issue and delays its solution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puzzler for Pedagogues | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...Atomic Power," the current issue of the March of Time, which heralds the screen debut of President Conant, was released this week, and already rave notices from the critics are pouring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Makes Screen Debut In Atom Film; Critics Rave | 8/13/1946 | See Source »

...After reading your "rave" notice on The Pale Horseman [TIME, June 3], I lost no time in booking it to show yesterday at our local Rotary and at our church. The weekly papers cooperated magnificently in giving publicity. . . . No admission was charged; no offering solicited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 22, 1946 | 7/22/1946 | See Source »

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