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Word: tireder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tired of the emotional strains of the spy-thriller movie, "The 39 Steps," the hangers-on evaporated when those prepared with more staid appeals to the popular will arose. Unconfounded, the politics spoke for the public prints.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Neither Owls, Spies, Jazz, Nor Freshman Smokers . . . | 12/10/1948 | See Source »

From somewhere in Middle Europe came a fable that might have been lifted from the unpublished works of Aesop the Slave. A tiny rabbit was running out of the Soviet Union as though his life depended on it. He was stopped close to the border by a tired old dog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

Chinese respected the Gimo's indomitable will, his stubborn national pride, but they had a sharp sense, that he-and they -had failed. One measure of that failure, some of them felt, was the performance of Chiang's own Whampoa Academy generals. Said one Chinese bitterly last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: You Shall Never Yield... | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

The King's illness, certainly not trivial, has been developing for many months, but he did not consult any of the palace doctors until about ten days before the birth of Princess Elizabeth's son. First symptoms are usually tired legs and cold feet; he has probably been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: His Majesty's Foot | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

Last week, tired of turning down unsuitable suitors, he took steps to keep "The Old Lady," as Arkansans call the state's biggest and most respected daily, in the family. For around $750,000, he bought the Gazette stock (25%) that was not already held by Heiskells. He also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Arkansas Teetotaler | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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