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Word: romanticize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twenty-five feet down, in a wooden coffin, the diggers say they found the mummified body of a young girl, almost perfectly preserved. She must have been the daughter, wife or favorite of a man of consequence; her clothes, still in good condition, were rich with fur and ornaments. She...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Funeral in the Altai | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Several other films, both American and foreign, would, in any ordinary year, be on a ten-best list; there were also some unusually good tries, and some well-made minor pictures. The French Zero De Conduite, a weird, anarchic comedy about schoolboys, was made 14 years ago by the late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Choice for 1947 | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

A Happy Ending. O-Yuki herself refused to read it. Silver-haired and unwrinkled at 66, she was living in retirement at Kyoto. She has steadfastly refused to see the book's author or to give him any information. But, outside of a few invented romantic incidents, 60-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Madame O-Yuki | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

According to Kitty, the production will attempt to get away from the traditional nineteenth century. Hamlet, a middle-aged romantic with a mature, if resigned philosophy of life. The HTW Hamlet will be adapted to a college-audience and to a college cast.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hamlet's Wins HTW Assent As Next Show | 12/19/1947 | See Source »

Individual competence characterized almost all of the principal roles. As the raisonneur and heavy-duty comedian, Walter Aikman showed confidence and good taste, while his various musical numbers were well-sung. William Whitehead appeared only in the last act, but his duet "Down Among the Dead Men" with Aikman was...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 12/11/1947 | See Source »

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