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Word: renee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Moon-faced Rene Magritte is convinced that he works mostly in his sleep. As soon as he wakes in the morning, he splashes his dreams on canvas before the memory fades. He is a gentle little man, "an animal lover, and I dislike terrorism, as I worship pleasure and charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sleepworker | 6/21/1948 | See Source »

...Orchids was about U.S. gangsters, all right. British Author Rene Raymond, whose bestseller of the same title had sold a million copies, had never been to the U.S. He had, however, read a lot of U.S. pulps, and his dialogue tried to catch the tone faithfully. Samples from the movie: "Look, Fenner, don't put the squeak into Slim." "Ya, I'd like to plug him in the guts." Most of the sequences involved fairly normal business like gun battles, kidnapings, dopings, and Miss Blandish's suicide. But there was one scene (where Miss Blandish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Why, John! | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...Rene Peroy's swordsmen ran into some fierce competition in the Intercollegiate Fencing Association championship at New York over the weekend, and it was only a strong performance by the saber team that enabled Harvard to achieve sixth place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencing Team Finishes Sixth At New York Intercollegiates | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

...Rene Peroy's fencing team packed up and left for New York last night to prepare for the 51st annual Intercollegiate Fencing Association Championships...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Underdog Sword Squad Heads for Giant N.Y. Meet | 3/19/1948 | See Source »

...final event, the saber, proved to be the downfall of Rene Peroy's Freshman fencers-as they dropped a 14 to 13 decision after the score had been tied 9 to 9 going into the deciding round. Yale took the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Teams Bow On Four Fronts To Yale Athletes | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

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