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Word: wishfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Trying to finish up the season with a final spurt for the Red Cross Blood Bank College representatives issued a special plea yesterday to encourage students to make donations before examination period begins. Time has been reserved, on Friday especially, for those who wish to donate this week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE URGED TO GIVE MORE BLOOD | 5/5/1943 | See Source »

...Only one out of ten thinks religion will be able to play any significant part in shaping Britain's postwar conditions, but three out of ten wish that the church were strong enough to exert such an influence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Faith Without Works | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...wish I had a commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: The Red-Tape Menace | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...over"; "I have a good appetite"; "I have been disappointed in love"; "My soul sometimes leaves my body"; "I believe in law enforcement"; "I am never happier than when alone"; "When in a group of people I have trouble thinking of the right things to talk about"; "I wish I could be as happy as others seem to be"; "Everything tastes the same"; "I often memorize numbers which are not important (such as automobile licenses, etc.)"; "Someone has it in for me"; "If given the chance I could do some things that would be of great benefit to the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Truth & Consequences | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...screech and Kleiglight of Paramount's Chinese war. They help the Chinese, they love, and he dies. In depicting these events, several Paramount writers have had their characters speak out in such terms as: "Women just know things like that" (intuition); "It's the funniest feeling-I wish I could tell you what it's like" (love); "I am afraid. But it's a woman's fear" (fear); "He was a great guy" (death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 3, 1943 | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

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