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Word: roome (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Well, gentlemen, have you reached an agreement?" he asked as he walked into the palace conference room. When, the answer was not definite enough, the President himself went to work. Next day the plan was ready, and party chiefs signed the paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: The Mad Method | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

There are many things to draw him there. He is an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist; his 14-room apartment near the Bois de Boulogne is cluttered with Egyptian statuettes and old Dutch etchings. He also likes to take an occasional lesson in "harmonious coordination of mind and body" at Madame Codreano's "Center for Psycho-Motor Education" (see cut). But he is fascinated with the U.S. and pleased with the thought of staying a while. Moreover, if Conductor Munch grows on Boston, as last week seemed very likely, it was quite possible that Frenchman Munch might develop a taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: There Will Be Joy | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...mail-order business grew so fast that within a few months he had filled his basement with books to be mailed. When his wife protested that she hadn't enough room to do the washing, he moved his Webster Publishing Co. (named after Noah and Daniel) to two rat-infested rooms on the riverfront. Within three years, Webster's sales amounted to $102,000. By 1928, they had doubled. By 1931, W.P. had another idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Top Speller | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...camera found the Aces in their living room, with Jane putting aside a book (Brain Surgery, Self-Taught) to watch a short film called This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: A Homey Little Thing | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Champion Charles could have made it even stronger. At 35, for all the quarter-inch of fat that bulged over his purple trunks, Joe Louis still looked like the best heavyweight on two feet. Nursing a scuffed eyelid in his dressing room after the match, he was noncommittal when sport-writers asked him whether he was testing himself for a comeback, perhaps in a championship go against Charles next summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Still a Good Man | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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