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Word: tooing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ordinarily the incident might have been forgotten, but to correspondents becalmed at Key West, it seemed like a ruffling little breeze of news. Next day the nation's press (attributing its information to unnamed presidential "intimates" ) breathlessly reported that Harry Truman had spotted Ike as the Republican to beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Friendly Exchange | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

The strategy committee's acting chairman, Michigan Auto Dealer Arthur E. Summerfield, who tried to win the 1948 presidential nomination for Senator Vandenberg, said that he personally was clear on what the party's position should be: "I think everyone here will agree with me that the difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Not No, No, No | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

There is danger, also, that such a clause could be used as a restriction on the freedom of undergraduate groups. There is no question that discrimination is a bad thing; but against this particular method of combating it must be weighed the abridgement of freedom -- an abridgement which would set...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reconsider, Gentlemen | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

Word had been received that Schwarz was selling an authentic medieval fortress for only $450; as it turned out, the fortress is only for sale at the New York store. The Boston branch, however, does have a six-room doll house which goes for $220 unfurnished, and $375 furnished. It...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE WALRUS SAID | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

Further, there were too many nominees. This meant that voting was necessarily confused, and that except for the top men, the candidates were separated by margins so small as to be nearly meaningless. There are three solutions which, though perhaps not ideal, could straighten this out: 1. have a primary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Election Confusion | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

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