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Word: thanked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...attack of nerves. We twirled, or rather we tried, but my knees buckled. They just weren't up to it. I caught my breath as he swung me again. Then, I sort of stiffened up like a cold cod. Then, I almost bit my tongue and then, thank goodness, the music stopped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dancing Feat | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...with rich Argentine produce. Patiently they bore the midsummer heat (Paraguay would be hotter), queued for food, washed themselves at one open hydrant, spoke in Plattdeutsch of husbands, sons and brothers not yet given up for lost. Sometimes at night a few gathered around an accordion to sing "Now thank we all our God, with hearts and hands and voices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Poor Ones? | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...Thank you for your comment in the horrid story of a high-school sorority initiation [TIME, Jan. 13], to the effect that the properly shocked foreign lady was assured by her U.S. friends "that it was not typical of college sororities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 3, 1947 | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

Vacationists who admired sprightly Viña's well-paved streets and carefully manicured parks could thank both themselves and the Casino. Roughly half of the $3,000,000 gambling take goes to the municipality. Who is going to get the other half is the question that currently makes political mouths water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: By the Sea | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

What the beef meant was that Canada did not intend to send in a statement, get a polite "Thank you." Canada intended to have a voice in the peace settlements above the level of a mere memo-writer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: A Seat at the Table | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

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