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Word: travelerism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mexico's rickety, government-owned railroads, which have averaged a wreck a week for the last six months, are responsible for almost as many jokes as the Toonerville Trolley. In a current vaudeville skit, the spurned lover threatens: "If you don't marry me, I'll buy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Clear the Track | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

The Albanians blandly denied any responsibility. Their defense counsel, French fellow-traveler Pierre Cot, declared that Kovacic was the "dupe of two beautiful women, spies of a foreign power." Cracked one court stenographer: "How can the International Court keep its dignity when a trial gets so interesting?"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Highest Court | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Majority Leader Benjamin F. Feinberg of New York's Republican state senate regarded it as "the finest bill I have ever sponsored during a long career [16 years] in the legislature." The bill: an act to purge fellow traveler and Communist teachers from the state public-school system. Other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Nobody Here But Us Mice? | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

April in Paris. France, always the most popular stopover for Americans, was far gayer and cheaper than Britain, whose pound is stubbornly pegged at $4.03. Two months ago the franc hit an alltime high of 530 to the dollar on the black market; last week it was down to 360...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRAVEL: The Grand Tour | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

K-F also brought out a new model, the Traveler, a combination sedan and station wagon with a list price of $2,088. The rear of the Traveler opens up (see cut) and the back seat folds down on the floor, making a lugeage compartment almost as large as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: K-F Cuts | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

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