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Word: shorely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fisher, who was discovered lying on the Cambridge shore at 5:45 a.m. yesterday, will be released from Stillman Infirmary in a few days. He was robbed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Held Up; Robbers Throw Senior in Charles | 5/24/1949 | See Source »

...momentarily regained consciousness just as he was being thrown into the river, he said, but does not remember swimming, fully clothed and with a raincoat on, to the Cambridge shore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Held Up; Robbers Throw Senior in Charles | 5/24/1949 | See Source »

...would sell even faster in English. Lyricist Malia Rosa, who is also May Singhi ("Ukulele Lady") Breen and Mrs. Peter (Deep Purple) De Rose, thought up simple words to match the simple tune ("Forever and ever, My heart will be true," etc.). Gracie Fields recorded it first, then Dinah Shore, Perry Como and Margaret Whiting, and within days it was a hit. Malia Rosa's explanation: "It's down to earth; it reeks with sincerity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fly with Me | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

...quarry until it can be overtaken. On the trail of jack rabbits, they surround a group, driving them in an ever-narrowing circle, just as men do. Hunting ducks, a coyote once drove the feeding ducks across a lake, and when the ducks ventured close to the farther shore, they were pounced upon by a teammate hidden in the underbrush. Coyotes will hide in a herd of cattle to destroy their scent, or even take refuge in a wagon or a moving flatcar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Part of the Life | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...passengers into the lifeboats, dropped the boats halfway over the side. There the passengers huddled for three hours, until rescue ships came alongside. Sunrise revealed that the Magdalena had been sailing a good five miles out of the steamer lane, a bare two miles off the rock-strewn shore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Sailor's Nightmare | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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