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Word: whiles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Samaritan. In Philadelphia, a stranger stopped to help Walter Bowe push his stalled car, suggested that he work the starter while Bowe pushed, managed to start the motor, disappeared with the car.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Newsmen seeking confirmation and comment searched in vain for Ingrid's husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom, who has not seen her, except for a grim two-day visit, since she went to Italy in March to make a "different" movie. "Lolly" Parsons' story was two days old before anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Act of God | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Said Board Secretary A. T. L. Watkins: ". . . There are too many scenes of torture and novel means of killing . . . One or two blows in a fight should be sufficient. When it comes to a man's hands being held behind his back while his face is smashed to pulp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Gory Hands Across the Sea | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Manners for White Women. Finally, on Pavuvu, part of the division was marked for rotation. Hints on good manners were printed (anonymously) for those going home after two years in the South Seas: "Say 'Please pass the butter.' You DO NOT say, 'Throw down the grease ...'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of the Pacific | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Treatment. In Morgantown, W. Va., Mrs. Isabell Shaffer, suing the Monongalia General Hospital, charged that while she was being X-rayed there for a broken arm, she fell off the laboratory table and broke her leg.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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