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Word: wolfe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...commander of the First Canadian Army, Lieut. General Henry Duncan Graham Crerar drove his jeep from one command post to another -pausing to read reports with the avidity of a hungry wolf, to give orders in his quiet, precise, unbending manner - he and his men were contented. They had an important job, opening the ports that would supply the next offensive, and they were doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Under the Red Ensign | 9/18/1944 | See Source »

...cradle. . . . Why did you first start to blink your eyes?" Harold then related, in sharp detail, two frightening experiences apparently at the age of about six or eight months: 1) sitting in his mother's lap at the movies, he was terrified by a picture of a "wolf" (probably Rin-Tin-Tin, says Lindner); 2) next morning, waking early in his cradle, he saw that his father, looking wolfish, seemed to be hurting his mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hypnoanalysis | 8/28/1944 | See Source »

...Johnson. Miss Allyson's notable contribution is a torrid rendition of "Young Man With A Horn"; Miss DeHaven is sensational as her own good-enough-to-eat, red-headed self; while Johnson chases the gals across the screen often enough to hold the interest of even the most hardened wolf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Two Girls and A Sailor" | 8/22/1944 | See Source »

...construction of form-fit corsets, she cajoled some 120 candidates through a fort night of spring training oh: 1) conversation techniques, 2) etiquette, 3) posture, 4) dress, 5) make-up and hairdo for the outdoor girl, 6) how to attract the right kind of man as against the wolf. Before hitting the road, the players pledged themselves not to smoke in public or ap pear in bars, arranged to stop in private homes instead of hotels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baseball, Maestro, Please | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

Married. Lionel Atwill, 59, matinee idol of the '20s, now coasting along in Grade B cinema horrors (Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man); and Mary Paula Shilston, 28. concert singer and radio writer; he for the fourth time; in Las Vegas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 17, 1944 | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

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