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Word: saltingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...many Americans, Jackie thought, are ready to cry "Communist" every time they hear a complaint about the Negro's status in the U.S. "The white public," he said, "should start toward real understanding by appreciating that every single Negro who is worth his salt is going to resent any kind of slurs and discrimination because of his race and he's going to use every bit of intelligence to stop it ... Negroes were stirred up long before there was a Communist Party, and they'll stay stirred up long after the party has disappeared-unless Jim Crow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Help Wanted | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...draw totally opposite conclusions. The religious decline deplored by Eliot does not ruffle Lewis, who believes that "Christianity, as a unifier, became a bad joke long ago." The loss of regional differences and "roots," lamented by Eliot, is a joy to Lewis, who holds that "no American worth his salt should go looking around for a root...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The New Look | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

...ROBERT GILBERT Salt Lake City, Utah

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 13, 1949 | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

Dickens' friends always shared his grief at such moments, adding their salt pints to his sea of tears. Crusty Thomas Carlyle and Irish Rebel Daniel O'Connell both tottered about, racked with sobs, when Little Nell's knell tolled. Humorless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Holy Terror | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...freshmen came right back in the bottom of the inning to go ahead for good, 4 to 3. Carduff's walk was followed by singles by Ralph Robinson, Charlie Walsh, and Henry Young and two more walks. The Crimson negotiated two more runs in the second to salt away Donelan's fourth victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Curry Nine Gets 2 Hits; Freshmen Triumph, 7 to 4 | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

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