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Word: whisperer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more astute people there convinced of his pure Southern ancestry and has been taking all drawling calls for Mid'n Lee ever since. All the credit for the success must go to conscientious Bob Foley who at last reports didn't want his name mentioned above a whisper in this regard and who by now is in an excellent position to recommend the effectiveness of personal advertisements in this newspaper...

Author: By Larry Hyde, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 2/20/1945 | See Source »

Defendant Klara Z had just been brought from prison to the Berlin People's Court. She took her place before the nine judges. She was thin. Her shoulders sagged. Her voice was a tired whisper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Defeatist Z | 12/4/1944 | See Source »

Then the President went back into the house. Reporters were folding up their notebooks when Eleanor Roosevelt popped up in the door and remarked in a stage whisper to a group of chattering Vassar girls: "The President thinks the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Election: The Winner | 11/13/1944 | See Source »

...elect us we promise not to change any of that. . . .' They also say, in effect: Those inefficient and worn-out crackpots have really begun to lay the foundations of a lasting world peace. If you elect us we will not change any of that, either. But,' they whisper, 'well do it in such a way that we won't lose the support even of Gerald Nye or Gerald Smith [or] the Chicago Tribune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Strangest Campaign | 11/6/1944 | See Source »

Mountains, forests, fields and rivers, ghost-like whisper through the night...

Author: By W. M. Cousins jr. and T. X. Cronin, S | Title: The Lucky Bag | 9/8/1944 | See Source »

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