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Word: rid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Delegates disagreed with Gromyko; they had been exhausting a series of Soviet proposals since A.E.C.'s inception. All Russian proposals had had two main ingredients : 1) the U.S. would have to stop making bombs and get rid of its stockpile at once; and 2) the control (or even the inspection) of Soviet atomic plants by a true international agency would be an interference with Soviet "sovereignty." The Russians wanted no one to have any secrets-except the Russians. Chided the majority-backed resolution, in the understatement of the year: "Secrecy in the field of atomic energy is not compatible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC AGE: After Long Illness | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

...party at the Club 48 and what a time was had by all! . . . The steaks were good! In fact they were so good that some of the guests sat through a double feature . . . This is the way it is done, kids. Eat your steak as quickly as possible . . . get rid of the dirty dishes somehow, allow your face to relax into a half-starved, neglected expression . . . and sit back and wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: On a Sandy Plain | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

...name, Bennett admits, have been no better than the Communist variety. But here again, "Christians should know that they and their opponents or enemies belong together before God, and they should realize that, tragic as the situation is in which they seek to destroy their enemies, they never can rid themselves of concern for enemies as children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sheep & Goats | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

...Perfection. "To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow: the most unfortunate one for the painter as well as for the picture . . . The value of a work is in what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: What Are Apples For? | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...Holy Trinity's vestrymen have viewed young William's activities with a less approving eye. Last week they seemed to be trying to get rid of him. An informal poll of 306 of the 780-member congregation showed the parish about equally divided on the subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Minister's Freedom | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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