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Word: singerly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Zinc Trap. In Brooklyn, 280-pounder Bertha Singer found herself stuck in the bathtub, was wrenched by her son, tugged by a police emergency squad, lubricated with cooking oil, after 17 hours was pried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 26, 1946 | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

...Opera (Sun. 7 p.m., Mutual). Arias from Norma, Faust, Pagliacci, Die Meister singer. Soloists: Camilla Williams, Lawrence Tibbett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Aug. 26, 1946 | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

...Rosoff, millionaire subway builder and longtime contractor in Latin America, on frolic at Saratoga, N.Y., asked a nightclub singer for his favorite song, "South America Take It Away," and got action. An Argentine visitor objected. Sam, a nimble 63, put 200 pounds behind the punch, knocked him cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Made in Heaven | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

...lost, though. A featured singer from the show subbed for Miss Holman, and other celebrities, including Francis O. Matheisson professor of History and Literature, appeared as scheduled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Star Singer, Sick of Singing, Is Silent at PAC Reception | 8/16/1946 | See Source »

...following fall, Al Jolson, between recorded songs in Warner's The Jazz Singer, did some ad-lib talking: "You ain't heard nothin' yet, folks. Listen to this." Audiences were enchanted. After Warner's 1928 Lights of New York, the first all-talking feature, more than a thousand movie theaters throughout the U.S. hastily wired for sound. So did every major Hollywood studio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cut-Rate Dreams | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

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