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Word: sneakingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they let one of their colonies, U.S.A., take them into camp. They [Johnny Bulls] moan at the Germans for taking land and yet they stole half of the world. Oh, that was splendid! The Germans at least proved they were men enough to take something. They don't sneak around with their sly tongues and steal something by the use of big mouths. Them and their big mouths and umbrellas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 21, 1941 | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...comic strip. At length God identifies the Jonah, the unstrainable fly in the human ointment. He is "the essential treacherous cunning in man, the 'save a bit out of it' soul, the dodger of obligations, the profiteering partner, the undying Ananias, the sweater of opportunity, the area sneak, the bounder on the make, the official who is in with powerful friends, the player who never plays the game but studies the rules to claim an advantage. ..." Space is left for the reader to fill with "names of local personages and special acquaintances." Noah and God are both baffled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Leaky Ark | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...Mady Christians), who returns from Europe to her luxurious, flower-filled old home outside Washington, D.C., bringing with her the German engineer (Paul Lukas) she married 20 years before and their three children. Since 1933 her husband has been an underground fighter against Hitler and he is about to sneak back into Germany with funds for the movement. But his secret is discovered by another Washington house guest, a decadent Rumanian (George Coulouris), who tries to blackmail the German by threats of informing the Nazi embassy. The German finally kills the blackmailer, says farewell to his wife and children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Apr. 14, 1941 | 4/14/1941 | See Source »

...seem real. A bit bogged down at the start by a desultory script, Harrison in his final scenes, where he outraces a time-bombed munitions train, had even hard-boiled reviewers from the Hub dailies perched on the edge of their seats. Different, well-acted and exciting tonight's "sneak peecture" may well, like its predecssor, become one of the hit movies of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 3/26/1941 | See Source »

...pushing, screaming people. A voice, embarrassed and gruff, came up from the tracks: "We're all right. Get the train out of here." Inch by inch the train was pulled out, the two rescuers heaved their charge, unconscious but barely scratched, to the platform, then they tried to sneak off into the crowd, found they had to leave their names with the police. One was Frank Serrano, a short, husky longshoreman. The other: William O'Dwyer, 33, unemployed. They had never seen each other before. Both got sore, and at first refused to give their names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Rescue | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

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