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Word: robs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hungarian churches (except in the diocese of Archbishop Czapik) priests read Mindszenty's last pastoral letter. It was also his answer to those who, like Czapik, wanted to compromise with the sons of evil. "After taking so many things, the world can still rob us of this or that, but it cannot take our faith in Jesus Christ," said Mindszenty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY-: Their Tongues Cut Off | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...routing clerks. The commissars censor every bit of copy, iron out minor kinks in the party line, or send the stories and headlines back to be rewritten if the facts don't fit the party's position of the day. For Worker staffers and contributors-Agnes Smedley, Rob Hall, Howard Fast et al.-the line is as inevitable and as obvious in news story, editorial or literary column as red rogue's yarn-the colored strand that runs through Royal Navy cordage. Example: the presidential inauguration story was headlined: TRUMAN REBUFFS SOVIET PEACE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The House on Twelfth Street | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...Rob Margarita, former Crimson backfield coach, was named head football mentor at Georgetown University last week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Georgetown Appoints Margarita Grid Coach | 1/25/1949 | See Source »

Miss Drohan identified Gallagher as the man who followed her off a street car, chased her down Massachusetts ave., and attacked her in the driveway of her home. She testified she offered him her pocketbook, thinking he planned to rob her, but he threw her to the ground. Her screams attracted neighbors and frightened him away, she told the court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prowler 'Victim' Testifies at Trial | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

Hero. General Thomas' life was almost sensationally unexciting. Even when he was involved in great events, as he often was, some strange internal deflation of spirit seemed to rob them of all drama. Heavy, ponderous, slow-spoken, squarejawed, he shrank from anything that smacked of heroics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Double Exposure | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

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