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Word: theys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week some odd sounds were coming from Harry Truman's Administration. They were made by Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer. Sawyer looks like a businessman and talks like a businessman, and back in his native Ohio he is one (two radio stations, a newspaper, a sports arena and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Around Right End | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

"I think it accomplished just what I set out to do," said Republican Taft last week in sum-up. "Rather better than I thought. My general impression is that the people who are thinking at all are overwhelmingly on the conservative side. I talked with a lot of workmen and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Senator Rests | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Whether they liked his views or not, voters could tell where Taft stood:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Senator Rests | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

People came by the hundreds and then by the thousands. They came from as far away as New Orleans and Oklahoma City, over a million of them. They trampled Homer's grass. They tied up traffic for 20 blocks. Old people came in wheelchairs and one man in an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Noisy Night | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

But this year the neighbors got riled. What with the traffic and the music, they couldn't talk, think, sleep, or get in & out of their own driveways. "I am sorry to say it," said one, "but I don't believe I want to hear Silent Night ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Noisy Night | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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