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Word: unison (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...government sees that we get plenty to eat in Russia," said the stranger. "Just look at me. Fat steaks and juicy bones every day." "Then," cried the others in unison, "why in the world did you leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Nov. 22, 1948 | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Cross' bagpipe can not be used to play in unison with the band so it must be saved for spot solos. Bagpipes, it seems, cannot be tuned to the customary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wi' a Hundred Pipers . . . | 10/22/1948 | See Source »

...despots posted guards in the foremost Chinese households. When the feast-day came, families gathered and all went as usual-until mooncakes were served. When the feasters broke into the pastries, they found slips of paper with the message: "Kill the Tartars in your household." All rose in mighty unison. The aliens were driven forth and the peace of the Mings descended on China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Life Will Move Downward | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...Professor Louis Hartz is giving Social Sciences 118. I don't know anything about the course, but all the government concentrators I've ever met have put in plugs for Hartz. Their slogan goes "Hartz is great," and you can frequently hear small groups of them chanting it in unison...

Author: By Joel Raphaelzon, | Title: Off The Cuff | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

Given the kind of progress he meant, Esperantists east of the iron curtain would be expected to chant in unison: "Vivu nia grandega ĉefo Stalin!" Ĉefo means leader; the rest is easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Vivu! | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

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