Word: used
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that the printing of your article, in a magazine so widely read and highly respected, will acquaint more women with Dr. Read's theories. Perhaps then they will ask their obstetricians what they can do to help themselves in labor, instead of what drugs he is going to use to ease them through a delivery in which they will miss the most wonderful experience of their lives...
...want the Republican Party to be 'conservative' enough to save every time-tried fundamental upon which the unique and precious character of Americanism depends ... I want the Republican Party to be liberal enough to march with the times, to dare new answers to new problems, and to use the power and strength and initiative of government to help citizens to help themselves when they confront problems beyond their resources and control." Both Vandenberg's and Dewey's speeches were attempts to pin a label on the party's philosophy, instead of letting the party...
...hunting and coursing of certain animals." If such a bill became law, they warned, "Labor's Minister of Agriculture could forget all about any future cooperation from farmers." In Yorkshire, the Master of the Bedale Hunt stood firm against the attack of a lifelong cripple who, denied the use of his arms, had seized a pen in his teeth to charge the Master of Foxhounds with throwing a live fox to his dogs. "I have never," said the huntsman, "thrown a live cub to hounds. It is well known that this is bad for the hounds...
...Models. By 1914 they had quarreled. Picasso went his wild way; Braque stuck with cubism. Over the years Braque's paintings grew simpler and subtler, his cubes melted and merged. Where his predominantly low-keyed palette had given even his landscapes a stuffy, indoor look, he came to use flashes of fresh color. His compositions looked fragile as a house of cards, but being perfectly balanced they stood...
...sided mirrors--an idea taken from womens' department stores--linen and kitchen rooms, and shampoo units. Shampoo units are another womens' shop idea--copied from beauty shops which provide deep sinks with attached hand hoses and they take the place of all purpose showers which most Annex residents now use for shampoos...