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Word: untillable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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"I am a religious man, therefore I cherish America where I am free to worship as I please . . . and I suspect that 999 out of almost any 1,000 colored Americans you meet will tell you the same thing. But that doesn't mean that we're going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Help Wanted | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

Webster: I don't see how we're going to progress in this art unless the public buys receivers. If we put out something that says, "Do not buy anything now until you get UHF . . ." everything is going to stop.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Around the Corner | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

Musical Kidneys. Cricket's Homer, a self-described bastard, was born 54 years ago in a Manchester slum. His buxom mother and her two sisters took in laundry until they learned that taking lovers was more rewarding; Neville was one of the rewards. His father, whom he never knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Thin-Spun Runs | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

But U.S. businessmen also heard a reassuring voice. It was that of Harvard's hardheaded Sumner H. Slichter, who commanded a hearing because his forecasts have been more accurate than those of most economists. Writing in the New York Times Magazine, Slichter said businessmen like Vermont's Senator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: When? | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

In Kentucky, where men pride themselves on their ability to recognize good whisky, they tell a story to illustrate the art. Two Bluegrass Senators sat down to sample a barrel of bourbon. "Mighty fine likker," allowed one Senator tentatively. After rolling it over on his tongue he added: "But there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIQUOR: The Old Oaken Barrel | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

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