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Word: sandwiches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Virginia O'Brien is surprisingly funny singing torch songs in a monotone, with a completely dead pan. Larry Adler does much better with a harmonica than anyone could possibly expect. And there's a bum (Emmet Kelly) who sits wordlessly on a park bench, removes a ham sandwich from a paper bag, eats it, then lazily brushes his teeth. He provides the one inspired moment of an otherwise uninspired show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Show in Manhattan | 6/3/1940 | See Source »

...most active part of Graduation Week for the Ushers is the Baccalaureate Service when they sandwich Seniors and their parents into the crowded seats of Memorial Church...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: USHERS NAMED FOR CLASS DAY | 6/3/1940 | See Source »

...armored door shutting behind him when he left college finally. Have to get a job doing something. Well, then, he'd be free to salvage civilization. Young man; no responsibilities. Political work, newspaper campaigns, social work with Vag as the driving force behind it all. Food, shelter, clothing? A sandwich, his garret, his leather-elbowed jacket. Life was going to be far above a grubby, materialistic plane. This time the voice was cutting. "And the wife and kids?" it sneered almost viciously. Oh. Vag had forgotten. Yes, there was the Wellesley apparition to be considered, loved, fed, and--he winced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 5/18/1940 | See Source »

...doing has made sure that in a future life he will find himself in a distinguished circle. In addition to Captain Boycott, Aloysius Hansom will be there; also those two redoubtable Scots, Charles M. Macintosh and John Loudon McAdam; and the first Lord Brougham and the fourth Earl of Sandwich and the great Duke of Wellington in his famous boots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Quislers | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

...armored door shutting behind him when he left college finally. Have to get a job doing something. Well, then, he'd be free to salvage civilization. Young man; no responsibilities. Political work, newspaper campaigns, social work with Vag as the driving force behind it all. Food, shelter, clothing? A sandwich, his garret, his leather-elbowed jacket. Life was going to be far above a grubby, materialistic plane. This time the voice was cutting. "And the wife and kids?" it sneered almost viciously. Oh. Vag had forgotten. Yes, there was the Wellesley apparition to be considered, loved, fed, and--he winced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

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