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Word: tis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reports reached the University yesterday from New York that the original copy of "My Country "Tis of Thee" had been auctioned off, Widener Library officials peeked into the Treasure Room and announced that they still had the original copy in their possession...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY COUNTRY "TIS OF THEE" SECURE IN TREASURE ROOM | 12/12/1940 | See Source »

...unite Catholic and Protestant, Jew and Gentile." The crowd, waving U. S. flags, chanted again as in Philadelphia: "We want Willkie!" During one interlude of cheering, Maestro Walter Damrosch, sitting in a box, jumped up, and tried with husky voice and tears in eyes to sing My Country, 'Tis of Thee. Willkie finished his speech. The crowd rose to the national anthem, while the spotlight held their candidate in its silver glare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Election: The Last Seven Days | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

...Tis of Thee (lyrics by Alfred Hayes, music by Alex North, Al Moss, others; produced by Nat Lichtman) is a straining little revue in which there is so much stale beer, amateurishly brewed, that when a fair grade of theatrical champagne arrives it seems like Veuve Cliquot. Really sparkling is the ballroom dancing of Cappello & Beatrice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 4, 1940 | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

...During the first few weeks of tis regular session, the outstanding feature of Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Current affairs Test | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

Farewell 'tis with a breaking heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Opry Night | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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