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Word: solely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Washington and the U.S. embassy in Caracas quickly set the matter straight. Colonel Adams had visited both the Ministry of National Defense and Miraflores Palace on the day of the coup, but his sole purpose was to get information about Lieut. Colonel Frank P. Bender, U.S. air attache, overdue on a search mission for a lost U.S. Army plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: The Colonel's Case | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...considerable gloom pervades the rest of the division. Leverett's regulars are scattered, and the Jayvees offer little support, the sole ray of sunshine being the presence of three members of last year's champion Yard team. Practices indicate that the team may well be better than last year's seventh place outfit, but in the new hopped-up league, a little improvement is a dangerous thing. No certain lineup can be perceived in the flux but the following are among the leaders: Dave Belcher, Jim Ross, Tom Unverferth, Sam Seager, and Browy Craig...

Author: By Jack Spbatte, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/9/1948 | See Source »

Albert A. Berman '49, secretary and sole officer of the society, revealed last night that the organization will try to get H.A. Musty, "the country's leading pacifist," and Reinhold Niebuhr, "leading religious apologist for war," to stage a debate here during reading period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pacifists Ask for Council Approval | 12/8/1948 | See Source »

...word Satyagraha is Sanskrit in origin-a combination of satya (truth) and agraha (insistence). Gandhi's passion for truth was evident from the beginning of his life. Truth, he once wrote, "became my sole objective." The only way to approach that objective was through love. Evil must always be opposed, but not by making the evildoer suffer. Rather, one must influence the evildoer to change his ways by undergoing suffering oneself-even, if need be, unto death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Courage Without Anger | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

Adman Arthur Collins, who had founded Kaleidoscope and was squeezed out of it three weeks after the first issue appeared, agreed with Editor Stout. "The sole cause of their failure was their management, or lack of it," said he. "It was sure what one magazine called it-a '90Day Wonder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: 90-Day Wonder | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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