Word: richer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...come. The Madists, led by Kósice, are also getting ready to put out their own dictionary, listing their version of Spanish as it is spoken by Madistas. But as the definitions of terms are also in gibberish, no one outside Madism is likely to be the richer for buying a copy...
Manhattan was richer, gayer, noisier than it had been since the days of Texas Guinan, the "Black Bottom" and the speakeasy peephole. The big spender was back, nightclubs were jammed and Broadway had never blazed so brightly. But the slim, jaunty little man who had been given star billing at the last big performance was no longer part of the show...
...peace. He believes passionately, however, that the infant U.N. must learn to crawl before it can stand up to the great nations whose veto almost nullifies U.N.'s peace-loving powers. Learning to crawl toward peace will be a slow process, Lie says: "This task, to make life richer for ordinary human beings everywhere, must occupy us throughout our lifetimes, and it will occupy those who follow us in time to come...
...campaign to get $100 a week for experienced reporters. The first enemy, Hearst's Los Angeles Herald & Express (TIME, Sept. 23), was still shut down and the strike was in its ninth week. Dave Stern was a hand-picked target: Rival Walter (son of Moe) Annenberg's richer Inquirer (circ. 600,000) had countered Guild demands with an offer identical to Stern's, but so far had been left alone. To Guild members, who might also be baffled by the discrimination, the Guild frankly admitted that it considered Stern the softer touch...
Chandler Harris fans remember them. But any entertainer who tries to conjure up the good old days is courting tough competition with the sentimental, richer-than-life memories of his audience. Harris Fan Disney must have known he was taking that risk. Wise ol' Uncle Remus himself once observed...