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Word: therefrom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most wistful of all the works of art was a sample of Chinese calligraphy which read: "By chance I saw a short purple jade flute; I know not how to summon music therefrom, yet in my memory rises an airy song of love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Island of Peace? | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

...would [also] like to take issue with you on ... the overemphasis of conflict in the human personality. One could easily assume therefrom that mental health is reachable through the elimination of conflict. This is not so. Conflict is as natural to man as his desire to avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 15, 1948 | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...frisky filly of 40; and Addie, the flower of the family, a capering monstrosity of 35. Their long skinny arms . . . swing mechanically [and wave] frantically at the suffering audience. The mouths of their rancid features opened like caverns, and sounds like the waitings of damned souls issued therefrom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dangerous Business | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...assist in the task of recovery will find full cooperation on the part of the U.S. . . . Any government which maneuvers to block the recovery of other countries cannot expect help from us. Furthermore, governments, political parties or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise will encounter the opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Challenge & Response | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

...enterprise as the basis of U.S. economy. We define free enterprise as the economic system under which private individuals, alone or jointly, are permitted the acquisition, secure ownership, and management of natural wealth, tools of production, and means of distribution; and, further, are permitted to enjoy the legitimate earnings therefrom, free from excessive taxation, monetary manipulation, confiscation, or undue government interference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 12, 1947 | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

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