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Word: takings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...figured out a new method of artificial insemination which will permit scrub cattle to give birth to purebreds. All Texans-from college presidents to cattlemen-took their abundant energy and confidence for granted. Dallas Banker Bob Thornton had an explanation for it. Said he: "Energy is mostly habit. Take the way people in Dallas walk. Why, in St. Louis I trip over everybody, they walk so slow. That's what's wrong with St. Louis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 9, 1949 | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...Recommended a cut of $157 million in the $5.4 billion appropriation requested for ECA. His reasons: 1) to take advantage of price declines since ECA figured up its needs last October; 2) to steal the thunder from Republican proponents of a flat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Who Shall Be Saved? | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...Indian team is liberally scattered with stars in many events, stars whose times and distances would indicate that they could take the Crimson. The big question seems to be, how much depth does the Green have to back up its stars...

Author: By Arne L. Schoeller, | Title: Freshmen Meet Dartmouth In Lacrosse, Track Today | 5/7/1949 | See Source »

...Latin purists, some criti- cisms can be offered. Lines were spoken far too quickly in many cases, and some niceties of the language could not be appreciated. (Cries of "Tardius!" came from last night's audience, and the troupe will probably take the hint tonight.) In fact, perhaps the whole performance is keyed at slightly too fast a tempo; but that is far better than dragging...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miles Gloriosus | 5/7/1949 | See Source »

...turned up in quite a while. Miss Jackson nimbly precipitates a commonplace situation into quiet mystery, then active horror. "The Lottery" is an allegory, and a fine one: it cuts too close to the heart of people and their customs to be anything much else. You can also take it as a straight dose of hair-trigger shock, if you'd rather. The story does quite as well either way and makes Miss Jackson's book worth reading...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: The Bookshelf | 5/7/1949 | See Source »

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