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Word: semi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flower of Red womanhood assembled in Rome last week. Theirs was the semi-annual executive meeting of the Women's International Democratic Federation, a Communist front formed three years ago to the battle cry: "Women of the world, unite!" Beneath two white cardboard doves, 31 ladies representing 52 nations met to compare notes on women's rights. Another chief purpose: to prepare a campaign against warmongers in the U.S., Britain and "the countries which dance to their tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Women of the World | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

Whether or not you care for the allegory, "Berlin Express" is still an unusual and interesting film. Hollywood has combined its own mastery of technique in moviemaking with the mature semi-documentary approach so often used to advantage in British films and has produced a picture that brings along with its message a realistic portrayal of Germany as it is today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Berlin Express | 5/11/1948 | See Source »

...monthly or semi-monthly activities bulletin is now under Council consideration, according to a report released yesterday. Twenty-nine groups have indicated approval of the plan, which would call for a sheet of information and announcements, printed by photo-offset, and paid for by contributing organizations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Book May Be Dropped; Activities Boom Is Planned | 5/7/1948 | See Source »

...played second base and shortstop on the high-school team and was offered a scholarship to Dartmouth College. He turned it down, worked as a $10-a-week reporter on the Attleboro Sun, played semi-pro baseball on the side. By the time he was 24, he had saved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: WHO'S WHO IN THE GOP: MARTIN | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...early Presidents with this exception, and a few more strokes would answer for any member of their cabinets; but Jefferson could be painted only touch by touch, with a fine pencil, and the perfection of the likeness depended upon the shifting and uncertain flicker of its semi-transparent shadows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Precise Touch | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

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