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Word: unlock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Every critic, however roughly he may seem to wisecrack away the achievements of his enemies, the creators, will sooner or later shyly unlock his playbox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pleasurable Dexterity | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

...better managements here are all interested in Carmen Jones.... I think the show would run from one to three years here-not that that is much of a trick-everything runs here. To be a producer in London today you must know how to do just one thing -unlock the front door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Rose Goes to London | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...Senate to order the arrest of eight missing members who were known to be in Washington. The sergeant at arms' staff routed Nevada's Senator Berkeley L. Bunker out of his office by using a passkey, captured Tennessee's Kenneth McKellar by inducing a chambermaid to unlock his hotel apartment. South Carolina's Senator Burnet R. Maybank, reached at his home by telephone, agreed to come quietly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Filibuster! | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

...Book. The Keys of the Kingdom is a reverent piece of hagiography about a Catholic priest who is spiritually a good deal wiser, intellectually not quite so bright as most of the people around him. His keys are humility and kindness. The kingdom they unlock for him is a religious commonplace: the kingdom of God is within you. Its outward manifestation is tolerance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Goodness Made Readable | 7/21/1941 | See Source »

...Biltmore Hotel Bowl. NBC played host. Master of Ceremonies Rudy Vallee presented Comedians Bob Hope, Burns & Allen, Fibber McGee & Molly (Jim and Marion Jordan), Bergen & McCarthy, George Jessel. He called upon NBC's President Niles Trammell, who ended by giving Benny two gold keys that would unlock any door in NBC's Manhattan or Hollywood headquarters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: All Hail to Jack Benny! | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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