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Word: theys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were no skyrocket bursts of great, fresh genius, and among the novelists many an old hand had shown a faltering touch. But 1949's books, fiction and nonfiction, accurately and often brilliantly reflected the state of man and his world. They were books colored by personal questioning, confusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Year in Books, Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Enormous sums have been appropriated for the task, and anyone working with private information outfits can only be appalled at the extravagance of the operation. The State Department supports Information Centers throughout Germany and Austria, most of which have large libraries of books on American subjects. Periodically they send out...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Australia's new Prime Minister, Robert Gordon Menzies, announced last night the names of 14 Liberal and five Country Party leaders as members of his coalition cabinet. They will be swern in tomorrow to take over from the eight-year-old Labor government which lost the December 10 elections.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Congress Plans Steel Probe; Truman to Ask New Housing | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

The Brown Daily Herald reported that undergraduates had already left for the holidays, but they acclaimed the idea.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dry Girls Jump at Shower-Sharing | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Last spring the FCC decided to clean things up. It notified college stations, including WHRB, that they would have to meet requirements for regular non-profit stations or lose their permits. Most of the requirements were perfectly legitimate--they involved assigning stations to specific channels and approving their equipment.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Beam | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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