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Word: wickednesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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It came in without turning-Batsman Bert Haas could almost count the stitches -but took a wicked dip just before he swung. Haas barely ticked the ball, which dribbled a few feet. It was an easy put-out at first. Roared Haas: "That was that sweat ball!" The sweat ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sweat of His Brow | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

In business, preferences ideological and national give way to one of the most remarkable assortments of reading matter available anywhere: Daily Worker, Irish World, Turf Flash, plus language sheet and pulp (over 600 in toto) mingle on the shelves unembarrassed while Felix looks down with a benign tolerance. "It's...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Circling the Square | 5/6/1947 | See Source »

Said French Novelist Barbey d'Aurevilly: "Léon Bloy is a cathedral gargoyle who pours the waters of heaven down on the good and on the wicked."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Passionate Pilgrim | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

What ought a Christian to mean by "the church"? Speaking before the Chicago Church Federation, TIME & LIFE Editor Henry Robinson Luce joined the growing ranks of Protestants who are raising this pertinent question. This week, the Christian Century published Layman Luce's speech. Excerpts: , "Between us and the early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Coping with History | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

Adams rounded off his ninth volume in September 1888. Proud and immensely relieved, he sat down and wrote a characteristic letter to a friend: "Tomorrow my narrative will be finished. ... I can hardly believe my own ears when I say [it]. All my wicked villains will be duly rewarded ... all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Long Sleep | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

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