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Word: referse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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¶ TIME refers Reader Barrus to the witchcraft section of the Department of Agriculture.-ED.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 10, 1946 | 6/10/1946 | See Source »

As the sobersided dean of a stuffy music school, she is a not-very-convincing ugly duckling. Her horn-rimmed spectacles, sensible oxfords and slicked-back hair wouldn't fool anyone. But for story purposes, Trumpeter James refers to her as an "iceberg." The criticism piques Maureen. Before you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jun. 10, 1946 | 6/10/1946 | See Source »

Whitney loves acclaim: his official biographer refers to him as "the miracle man of railroad wage movements." He considers himself a political leader on the liberal side, likes to quote Single-Taxer Henry George. He has lent his name to several left-wing organizations, some of them Communist-hued. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: These Two Men | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

No B. of A. employe is permitted to gamble, make a customer repeat his name over the telephone, make an overdraft against his deposit account, borrow money from a client, or buy securities beyond his ability to pay. All of them know that Giannini refers to them as his "boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Giant of the West | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

The Valley of Humiliation. Since he left Russia as a twelve-year-old, Morris Cohen has taken and given many a hard knock. After crowding eight years of public school into three, he cleaned a poolroom to work his way through City College. A Scottish Fabian, Thomas Davidson, woke Cohen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Cleaner of Stables | 3/11/1946 | See Source »

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