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Word: stoppered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Lisa Kirk, 23, singing show-stopper (Always True to You in My Fashion) of Cole Porter's smash Broadway musicomedy hit, Kiss Me, Kate; and Hollywood Tunesmith Robert (It Is Better to Be by Yourself) Wells, 26; he for the second time; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...entrance of Frances Bavier in the last few minutes of "George and Margaret" is the damndest show-stopper I've seen. Tip-toeing on stage as the frightened and awkward new parlor main, Miss Bavier succeeded by pantomine in disrupting everything on both sides of the footlights for a few wonderful minutes of unbroken hilarity...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: George and Margaret | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

...building. ("People told me I was a fool to try it, but I said if I wanted to be diplomatic I wouldn't be a sculptor.") Among the most entertaining exhibits was a bulbous Woman-Shaped Vessel seated in a bird bath. Its head was a giant stopper, and Mitzi figured the body should be used for holding "something fruity-rum, I guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Woman in a Bird Bath | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...last fall and which the President had then ignored. As for the rest of the President's program, such proposals as the long-range housing program would only force inflationary pressures even higher. Said Eccles: "It's like try ing to fill up the bathtub with the stopper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Slow Motion | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

...decent season look relatively bright at this point; but what will happen when an ivy league opponent reaches the local bowling greens is a meet point. Last year's team, while unimpressive in overall performance, managed to finish second in League play. Yale's Frank Quinn was the stopper last year; if the Varsity gets to him in June with the rest of the league safely under its thumb, all may be well...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: Crosby's Bat Clinches Varsity Catching Job | 4/23/1948 | See Source »

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