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Word: winterful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yenan, Mao Tse-tung enjoyed a starkly idyllic existence. In 1939 he had married his fourth wife, a pretty Chinese movie starlet. The Maos lived simply, in an adobe hut during the summer and during the winter in caves, which they kept changing regularly for fear of assassins. For many years, Mao's official vehicle was an ambulance donated by the American Chinese Hand Laundry Association. In the early mornings, U.S. visitors driving past Mao's residence would see him and General Chu Teh, like any Chinese peasants, in the road with baskets and small shovels, picking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Man of Feeling | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

Between chores, newsmen called their families to break the bad news. Some began dialing other papers for jobs. But for many of the editorial crew of 101 it would be a tough winter; other Manhattan newspapers were in a cost-cutting mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Death In the Afternoon | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

Playwright Noel Coward (Private Lives) arrived in Manhattan, took in a few Broadway shows, sailed away for his annual winter sunning in Jamaica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Change of Scene | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...Open Champion Ben Hogan was Sticking to his grand design (TIME, Jan. 10). The other pros could make the full winter circuit; "Little Ice Water" would take what he could get in four tournaments, then rest until spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Circuit Rider | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...hole and gained another stroke on Hogan. Jimmy sealed the victory on the 18th with a 30-ft. putt for a birdie, a 67 and first-prize money of $2,000. Hogan missed an easy putt for a 70. Grinned Jimmy, who would be riding the rest of the winter circuit: "I feel like a race horse beating Citation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Circuit Rider | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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