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Word: silver (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...foreign silver-buying policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 1, 1940 | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

...difficult to have an evening gown fit properly with the right lines when the person wears low heels." At parties Adrian keeps a keen eye peeled for signs of dowdiness, can be convulsing about it afterwards. Of Tallulah Bankhead he once remarked: "She can wear one more silver fox than any other woman and still look underdressed." Adrian affects not to know the difference between one Paris couturier and another, to dislike ordinary women who copy movie styles. He recommends that the average woman should limit herself to the costumes worn by the heroines of light comedies laid in moderate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 1, 1940 | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

...Thee, across the harbor, silver-paced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Beautiful Bridge | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

Most active in drawing on businessmen was silver-haired Ed Stettinius, who chucked his $100,000 job as board chairman of United States Steel Corp. to take charge of the raw materials section of the commission. Included in his staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Draft on Business | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

...Print, a literary quiz program under the guidance of Tune Detective Sigmund Spaeth, which is being broadcast by CBS on Sundays at 6 in place of the Silver Theatre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Summer Shows | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

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