Search Details

Word: willfull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

They were hissed, reviled; when they boarded Washington streetcars other passengers pointedly got off; their offices were searched, their pasts probed. The "willful men" were shunned by the world & his wife.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Peacemongers | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

On April 4, 1917, the Senate met, determined to stay in continuous session until a resolution declaring war on Germany passed. In the 13 long hours that wore by before the resolution was adopted, six Senators-whom Woodrow Wilson had dubbed "a little group of willful men"-vainly fought the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Peacemongers | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

The King of Egypt is young, flabby, willful. At night, when he cannot sleep, he loves to set off the air-raid alarm, watch his courtiers scurry to the shelter in their night clothes. He eats pounds of chocolates daily. He drives big, sleek, red and green cars-15 Packards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Twenty-One | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

Whether or not the battle which was in progress last week would be remembered in history above the great battles of Lord Nelson-the Nile (1798), which broke Napoleon's Oriental ambitions, and Trafalgar'(1805), which limited his ambitions in Europe-remained to be seen. Those affairs exposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: AT SEA: Battle of the Mediterranean | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

Registrants must henceforth notify their local boards of any important change in their ways of living: a new job, discharge from an old job, a new baby, marriage, divorce, the death of a dependent, a change of address, even a prolonged visit to another locality. A registrant who wants to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DRAFT: Only the Strong | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Next