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Word: whimpers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deplore the play further is useless. Escapade is here, though not for long. The reception of the first two English plays this season could be a warning to Mr. Eliot, however. He had best be prepared for a whimper...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: Escapade | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

...days he had "the strength of 20,000 cockneys"; on others he was "sunk as in tropical oppression" with a "base, underhand desire to lie down in everlasting leaden sleep." Sometimes the limp writing hand he held out for Jane Carlyle to pat was only slapped, and Carlyle would whimper, "You are not good to me just now." But more often she fought the literary battle out at his side, freely giving the encouragement he needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: To Goodykin, from a Genius | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

...than one-third of its 1947 circulation of 433,000. There are also signs that the new Communist "get-tough" policy for France leaves little room for weak papers that can't make their own way. Last month the pro-Communist weekly Action quietly folded without even a whimper of protest from party headquarters. Despite the rioting, the Paris police have no intention of restricting the Communist press. Said a Ministry of Interior official: "We can't do anything to a paper just because it's Communist. But let them break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Right to Incite | 6/9/1952 | See Source »

After the trial, police officers and students talked and joked together in the lobby. One undergraduate was heard to say as he left the building, "this is the way the rumpus ends, not with a bang but a whimper," But all involved expressed satisfaction at the outcome. The University will not take any action against the participants

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men Plead 'Nolo', All Cases On File | 5/29/1952 | See Source »

Dartmouth's Winter Carnival weekend should start off with a whimper this afternoon, when the Crimson swimming team will be a surprisingly top-heavy favorite to defeat Karl Michael's Indian squad. The meet is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Hanover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Team Picked to Win In Dartmouth Carnival Contest | 2/8/1952 | See Source »

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