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...word that doesn't fit in that grouping is "liken," an Anglo-Saxon derivative. All the others . . . are formed from Latin roots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1948 | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

...Anglo-Saxon variant it is a word used by generals, small children and even high-born ladies in their cups when the ultimate in hopelessness is revealed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 31, 1948 | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

Calling the idea "a great challenge to Harvard," Dean Griswold said, "We envisage in Cambridge a law school which would attrat young men from all countries of the world, just as in the past we have attracted men to study the Anglo Saxon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Griswold Visions World Law School at Harvard | 5/20/1948 | See Source »

...costumed duel-to-the-death in which "the two antagonists lock wrists . . . their sweat-drenched faces only an inch apart . . . and swap talk: 'Norman dog! Anglo-Saxon lilies will grow over thy bones ere yon sun sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cut It Out | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

Liberal leadership between men of Anglo-Saxon and French extraction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: Line of Succession | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

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