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Word: sing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Patricia, a cheery, blue-eyed blonde, is a girl who likes to play the piano, sing mezzo-soprano, play golf and watch the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. She hopes to go to Milwaukee-Downer College. She doesn't date much ("I've concentrated on scholarship"). When Patricia got word that she had won, her mother was more excited than she was. "Golly, was she excited," says Patricia. "I suppose I won't get excited until tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best by Test | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Hapless Dunster pushed Lowell to the fastest time of the day, 4:32, with Dudley bringing up the rear. As the first two shells crossed the wire a cox-length apart, Funster rooters on shore were heard to sing mournfully a few strains of "Always A Bridesmaid." The team has decided to switch to Pond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritan, Elephant, Bellboy Eights Triumph on Charles | 5/7/1948 | See Source »

...loins for exams may ruefully tell you, is the best time of year in Cambridge, and Yard Concerts have become one of the most attractive features of the season. Some lighter music among the rest would perhaps be appropriate, but the vernal atmosphere and the excellence of the singing were still there. There's another one next Tuesday. After the program you'll have a chance to sing the College football songs, if that's your idea of a good time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 5/5/1948 | See Source »

Kirkland House residents had a new ditty to sing for their supper tonight, when the following anonymous lyric to "When I Was a Lad" from H.M.S. Pinafere appeared on the Deacon's dining hall bulletin board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Spoof HYD . . . | 4/21/1948 | See Source »

...Radio Commentator William Gailmor, a luncheon meeting of "businessmen for Wallace" raised $15,000 for his campaign. That night a capacity crowd of 22,000 filled the Chicago Stadium. They listened to New Dealer Rexford Tugwell vow: "We have a program of our own." They listened to Paul Robeson sing "For the people's march is on." They cheered hysterically as Wallace, looking grey and a little jowly, suddenly materialized in the glaring spotlights. When the plate was passed, they gave $39,000 more for the Wallace campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THIRD PARTIES: The Voice of the Locust | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

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