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Word: tireder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tired Mayor William O'Dwyer, who had just said that he would seek reelection, flew back from a Mexican holiday to see what it would take to quiet Mike Quill.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: On Edge | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

Tired and rumpled as any returning tourist, tactless Harry Vaughan stepped off a banana boat in New York last week after a vacation in Guatemala, and promptly put his foot in his mouth. The day was hot and so was he, but a reporter managed to tag him for a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The General Opens His Mouth | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

To dedicate the first building of their new Medical Research Foundation, Oklahomans wanted a big name. They picked Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, and sat back to wait for an answer to their invitation through diplomatic channels. After ten days, General Manager Hugh Payne got tired of waiting, picked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Locketful of Mold | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

American with big feet and a hole in his sock squatting on the floor and putting boyish questions to the tiny, tired Mahatma.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Track of the Grail | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

The secretaries were not at all pleased by a list of "ten commandments" drawn up by a panel of businessmen. Samples: "Keep the tired businessman's pills straight. Dress with decorum, not decollete; the boss wants to keep his mind on his work. Correct the boss's grammar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pill for the Boss | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

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