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Word: took (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...took a wrong turn left, instead of right. The road sort of died out. Mom was just going to turn back when all of a sudden the fog socked in on us. Couldn't see a thing. Mom tried to climb . . . Then we hit. The left wing sheared off. Both wings were off and we toppled over. Mom breathed roughly for a while and then was still. I knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: Off the Highway | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...nights later, when he played Leporello in Don Giovanni, the operagoers cheered again. Critics found Tajo a first-rate singer; audiences took to him because he was also a first-rate comedian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera Comic | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...found herself in the studio of His Majesty's Voice recording company. The famed star of the Milan Opera, Madame Margherita Grandi, was making a recording of the sleepwalking scene from Verdi's Macbeth. Suddenly, right at the end, Madame Grandi shut her mouth, and Dorothy took over. She sang three notes-F, A flat, and top D flat. For her pains, she got a slight bow from Madame Grandi and 5 guineas ($21.15). Then she went home. She was to keep her three notes and 5 guineas a secret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: False Notes | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Three days later, in what looked like the toughest test of Citation's career-the twomile, $100,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup -Arcaro was prepared to try out the magic words once more. This time he didn't even have to speak. He took the big mahogany-colored horse to the front at the start. Citation won by eight easy lengths, in the longest distance he has ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Watch Out, LeRoy! | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...week, tongues were wagging with happiness and hope. At last, the state had an iron-jawed, copper-bellied football team that combed its hair with lightning and ate opposing tackles for breakfast. First crack out of the box, a fortnight ago, the ferocious University of North Carolina Tar Heels took Texas apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Jack Rabbit of Chapel Hill | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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