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Word: vinegared (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...April, the brothers were haled before a federal court at Fort Wayne and charged with introducing mislabeled medicine into interstate commerce. Experts testified that there was no effective treatment for diabetes except insulin and diet, and that in any case the magic medicine (essentially vinegar and saltpeter) could do no possible good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Jugs of Magic | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

...contempt in those lines epitomizes the tragic failure of Vinegar Joe Stilwell, a brave soldier who broke his heart on a job a hundred times too big for him. The deeper tragedy was that Stilwell's colossal failure contributed to the war-born misunderstanding between the U.S. and China; a misunderstanding which has already brought a disaster to China and may have consequences for the U.S. as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Tragedy in Chungking | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

Jeanne Grain has sensitive eyes, but she uses them with as little restraint as a ham singer's tremolo; her considerable charm needs good direction. All Dan Dailey needs is a good picture. Oscar Levant gets along all right, good show or bad, with his peculiar brand of vinegar. One obvious tip for those who make would-be "nostalgic" musical movies: the old arrangements for the old songs are fully as nostalgic as the melodies. Frequently the fancy new arrangements are terrible; always, they sabotage the nostalgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Feb. 16, 1948 | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

Married. Alison Stilwell, 26, Peking-born artist, daughter of the late General Joseph W. ("Vinegar Joe") Stilwell; and Air Force Lieut. Colonel William Roderick Cameron, 27; in Carmel, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 5, 1948 | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

Virginia-born Lady Astor, usually handier with vinegar than honey, paid her native land a pretty tribute as she sailed for Britain after another visit home: "Despite the radio, movies, and the selling here-some of them would sell their own grandmother if it would do any good-the people are the soundest, sanest and most generous people in the world." For Russia, she expressed what almost sounded like sympathy: "Look at Russia's internal problems. Look what she has to do with that vast country of hers-feeding all those people, and cleaning them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Kinfolks | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

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