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Word: wishfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Well, I have-and I wish to testify that TIME was right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 27, 1946 | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...going anywhere. Nevertheless, Conservative Leader John Bracken rose in the House of Commons one day last week and hoped that the Prime Minister would have a "satisfactory stay and an early return." Then the CCF Party's M. J. Coldwell jumped up, eyes atwinkle, to add his wish for "a fruitful visit to Great Britain." Having thus playfully baited the Prime Minister into talking, they settled back to hear what he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Coming, London | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

...onto the actual paper, however, Cunningham had a few words with Walker. Brushing aside Walker's protest that he didn't mean to be so harsh on Bill and that he had been misquoted, Cunningham intoned, "That misquoting business is an old device people use when they wish they hadn't said something...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cunningham Defense Wasted on English A | 5/16/1946 | See Source »

...Council instructs all those who wish to apply for the position of undergraduate representative at the conference to pick up blanks at Phillips Brooks House this afternoon any time after 3:30. If the student body votes for the proposal the completed blanks will be due at the PBH office before Saturday noon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poll on Delegate To Youth Parley Slated for Today | 5/16/1946 | See Source »

...Jazz (Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band; Victor, 8 sides). Old Bunk's trumpet leads the choir in When the Saints Go Marching In and A Closer Walk with Thee, then turns secular in Franklin Street Blues and I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate. Clarinetist George Lewis and Trombonist James Robinson step high on the parade tunes. Performance: excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, May 13, 1946 | 5/13/1946 | See Source »

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