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Word: reads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Secretary of State Acheson sat down before his news conference last week, calmly slipped on his spectacles and read the riot act to two foreign nations in terms that might have been fighting words in the old days of hanky-pank diplomacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Stuck Whistle? | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Before the grand jury, Killingsworth had testified under oath that Brownie Lollar was there, too. But on the stand, he could not remember saying that-not even when it was read back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALABAMA: It Sure Was Pretty | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

...most wistful of all the works of art was a sample of Chinese calligraphy which read: "By chance I saw a short purple jade flute; I know not how to summon music therefrom, yet in my memory rises an airy song of love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Island of Peace? | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

...Valpey and Bill Bingham will be attending a coaches' conference tonight, and consequently will be unable to appear. Cheerleader Roger L. Butler '51, who is master ceremonies for the rally, will try to get a statement from Valpey to read to the crowd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second 1949 Rally Features Coaches, Houston, and Band | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

Permit us to call attention to an article in the CRIMSON of October 26. In using the term "Jap" to describe the Buddhist Abbot who inspected Harvard on the 25th of this month, you have undoubtedly offended him and other Japanese, who may have read the article. This term is not used by the Japanese, who consider it opprobrious, nor by the U. S. Army of Occupation, except in code designations such as JAP OC, where it is clearly an abbreviation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Jap" Wrong Word | 11/1/1949 | See Source »

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