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Word: shamed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Theory and Ehrlich and his ''Magic Bullet." For Reader Richert's edification, Einstein and Ehrlich and other great Jews are not considered Germans according to Nazi standards. They are "non-Aryan" and possess inferior blood. Their names should nob be mentioned in Nazi circles except for shame and degradation and their achievements are meaningless because they are ''contaminated" with Jewish brains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 16, 1940 | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

Amorous waywardness is always trite enough in outline, but life usually fills in the outlines with subtle erotic shadings. So does Molnar. Edna Best is so plumply and seductively feminine as the wife that her unwanted virtue seems a shame. Jay Fassett, the heavy and harassed husband, is a fine figure of a man. But the show is nearly stolen by Harry Gribbon, a former Keystone cop, carrying on as a police officer. In the end Molnar the craftsman almost triumphs over Molnar the trifler's failings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Shows in Manhattan | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

...Most significant of all, automobiles have put the gloom casters to shame. In spite of bad weather, Detroit had its best November ever, sold 400,000 cars to retail customers. One catch to this performance: although the 1941 model year began early, the early-season rush is still on. Also, many buyers have been frightened into premature turn-ins by the thought that the 1941 models may be the last for some time. Yet the automakers, just as scared of rationing as their customers, have been anxious to build year-end inventories up to the level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Down the Stretch | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

Generally speaking, in fact, the bards appear to be tongue-tied by their theme -perhaps through awe, perhaps through shame over faked emotions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For Mothers & Others | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

...most French pictures at least the photography is beautiful. Here a high school movie puts it to shame: there are spots all over the screen, lighting effects are crudely overdone, and the focus is so often artily fuzzy that you squint, swear, and come out with sore eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/14/1940 | See Source »

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