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Word: sitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This sort of thing does not sit well with Washington's envious cave dwellers. One refers to her as "Mrs. Thing," claims she has "a hide like an elephant." Another summed up: "She's amiable, of course, but she's commonplace, that's the word-so full of deportment." Adds Virginia-born Lady Astor, a past mistress of the catty crack: "She gives enormous parties that nobody who's anybody really ought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Widow from Oklahoma | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...apparent to his brother-in-law, Francisco Franco, rose with leisurely languor from a red velvet couch, adjusted his gray silk tie, sauntered into his studio to receive the unexpected callers. Solemn of mien, in dark blue suits and black ties, the two señors coldly declined to sit. One thrust forward a blue-bound book with the bright yellow title-Press Mission in Spain. "Have you seen this book?" he asked with menace in his tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Of Fools & Duels | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Spectators for the tennis matches, who used to sit in the old apple tree in the Annex Yard, moved up to the new courts on Berkeley Street with the coming...

Author: By Deborah Labenow, | Title: Annex Gymnasium Marks 50th Year As Basketball, Bowling Top Sports | 3/10/1949 | See Source »

...long they do it, thought Vag, and do it alike, and then they sit down at night and theorize. Every time it snows, the same fanatics reach for the ace bandages and head north. Now, with crocuses showing in the courtyards, it was snowing again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/3/1949 | See Source »

...Quakers stand as the favorites. Besides owning the number four spot in league competition, they have been one of the few teams able to sit on Tony Lavelli and defeat Yale...

Author: By Albert J. Feldman, | Title: Penn Five Favored to Hand Varsity 15th Defeat Tonight | 3/1/1949 | See Source »

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