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Word: tunefully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Merrill, who cannot read music and picks out his tune ideas on a toy xylophone, has another bestselling confection with practically the same ingredients, Candy and Cake. He hopes his most recent release, The Donut Song, will catch on before the public loses its stomach for pastry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bakery Specials | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

...simple: local barber shops, shoe-shine parlors, and newsstands operate as pick-up joints for a well-organized bookmaking syndicate. Bets are placed either with employees of these places, or with "walking agents" who make a point of being there at a certain time every day, to the tune of at least $1000 daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bookies, Racketeers Thrive in Square | 5/3/1950 | See Source »

...Listens? U.S. officials have estimated the audience at around 100 million, but this figure is little more than a wild guess. In Belgium, only an estimated 1,000 people tune in on the Voice regularly. Most Scandinavians, if they listen to foreign broadcasts at all, prefer the BBC, which built up an excellent reputation broadcasting to Europe in the days of the Nazi occupation. In Germany, however, together with U.S. libraries and newspapers, the Voice has a wide audience. According to recent polls, 41% of the U.S. Zone's population listen to the Voice regularly or occasionally; most seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Voice of America: What It Tells the World | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...Class Day Orator speaks on a serious topic, the Ivy Orator on a humorous topic. The Odist writes a verse to the tune, "Fair Harvard," and the Chorister leads the Class in singing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Day Posts Deadline Shifted | 4/26/1950 | See Source »

...audience to compete for a special prize-a chocolate egg. Among those who volunteered was Federico Covella, 25. "I know only Giovinezza and can sing nothing else," he informed Miss Baker. Carefree and gracious, the mistress of ceremonies waved him on, bid the orchestra to strike up the tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Old Giovinezza | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

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