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Word: remarkable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trying to catch a 1:30 train, but Mr. Cohn was so violent by then that I felt I had better not do it and leave him that angry with me and that angry with Senator McCarthy because of a remark I had made. So I stayed and missed my 1:30 train. I thought surely I would be able to get out of there by 2:30 . . . I missed the 2:30 train also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Abuse That I Took | 5/24/1954 | See Source »

...earnestly before deciding she should take this important step. In the final analysis, it was her decision and I concurred." His concurrence was no surprise to Oklahoma voters, long aware of Willie's influence. When her candidacy was first suggested last winter, it gave rise to the remark, "Why, she'd be the first governor to succeed herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Handshaker | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

...Prime Minister made one other pertinent remark. "Matters are becoming more and more tangled and complicated here and abroad than I can remember in my long experience," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Primrose Path | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

...understand my brother's case, he retired, as he is entitled to do by law, upon reaching the age of 50 ... I know nothing about any security case involving him." With a sigh of relief, Chairman Mundt dismissed Reber, thanking him for his frank manner-a remark to which McCarthy, who seemed determined to resent any civility, made a formal objection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The First Day | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

SPINACH. Acts on your stomach like a broom. Never forget to repeat M. Prudhomme's famous remark: "I don't like it and am glad of it, because if I liked it I would eat it--and I can't stand it." (Some people will find this sensible enough and won't laugh...

Author: By E. H. Harvey, | Title: Satire And Sympathy: Flaubert | 4/29/1954 | See Source »

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