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Word: stirs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Toole's announcement came as a quick counter-punch to Jacob's statement that O'Toole was trying to stir up an investigation of the Louis-Conn farce because O'Toole's office allegedly had asked Mike for complimentary tickets to the fight and had been refused...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over the Wire | 6/21/1946 | See Source »

...what had caused all this commotion? Just one bad novel, Wake of the Red Witch. And had it really made a stir? Of course not; that was just the way publishers cried their shoddier wares these days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wolf! Wolf! | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

...returning serviceman has come back to find himself his brother's keeper or vice versa. CRIMSON presidents have barked at candidates who used to be their topkicks, proctors and even deans have cautioned former class-mates, but not many of these relationships are likely to cause as much stir as the one involving Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'38, recently appointed associate professor of History, and recipient of several noteworthy kudos, including a Pulitzor Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Remember Me, Cpl., I Mean Dr. Schlesinger?, Your C.O.? | 5/25/1946 | See Source »

...basket of wine (four bottles) by a California vintner, responded with a womanly international gesture. To the pilot who had flown the wine from the Cresta Blanca vineyards she dictated her recipe for Chinese Burgundy: beaten whites two eggs, one pint Burgundy, dash vanilla extract, dash orange bitters; stir in the whites slowly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Inklings | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

Titian-haired Virginia Cunningham, whose trouble is schizophrenia, is the heroine of Mary Jane Ward's novel, The Snake Pit, which has already caused a mild stir in psychiatric circles, and netted Author Ward over $100,000 in advance royalties. It is based on Author Ward's own experience as a patient in an Eastern mental hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snakes & Ladies | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

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