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Word: sundays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before the war, Tory conferences had been graced by exotically perfumed ladies, gowned as for a royal drawing room. This year, along the wide concrete promenade outside the conference hall, cheaply dressed men & women ambled with the awkward gait of country people unaccustomed to their Sunday suits. But the Conservatives still lacked the common touch. Even ordinary delegates spoke of "they" rather than "we" when they referred to the workers or the "poorer classes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Light of Llandudno | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...chasing Li'l Abner, busty, bee-yoo-tiful Daisy Mae had caught him on a give-away program. (She had guessed that Li'l Abner was "Mr. Bong" from the sound of a sledge hammer bopping his skull.) At the start of the marriage ceremony last Sunday, Li'l Abner was confident that something would happen to stop it. After all, Joe Btfsplk, the world's worst jinx, was standing by and when he was around, "somethin' awful," like an earthquake, always happened to disrupt things. But as Li'l Abner said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Btfsplk Does It | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Sunday's game, the Series stood at 3-2, with Cleveland needing one more victory to cinch the Series. In the dejected Cleveland dressing room (the Indians had lost that day), a reporter found Boudreau, asked him who would pitch next day. "It'll be Bob Lemon tomorrow," said Boudreau. "How about Tuesday?" Snapped Boudreau: "There'll be no game Tuesday." There wasn't either. Bob Lemon, with the help of Gene Bearden, finished off Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pitching Pays | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Sunday morning's agenda report of the commissions on their recommended projects will get going at 9 a.m. and will step before 11 a.m. so delegates can attend church services. The Harvard delegation will act as host at Sunday dinner to the Union on in the Hearse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NSA Delegates Convene at Radcliffe To Name Officers, Plan '48 Projects | 10/13/1948 | See Source »

...final meeting Sunday afternoon the group will pass upon the regional budget and tiara the plenary report of the conference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NSA Delegates Convene at Radcliffe To Name Officers, Plan '48 Projects | 10/13/1948 | See Source »

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