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Word: woman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...writer is a gently nurtured woman used to the comforts of a charming house. She is also a professional violinist. The women of England are doing their bit regardless of caste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Last week a Red-fearing woman in Pine Bluff, Ark. sent Congressman Martin Dies a check for $100. This did not surprise Mr. Dies. But, as a Congressional investigator, he can spend only appropriated funds, so he had to return the gift. In his great hunt for un-Americans, Martin Dies is used to receiving and refunding thousands of donated dollars. Once an 82-year-old beneficiary of Social Security telegraphed SSB to give Martin Dies $362 due her. His take-&-return runs as high as $800 in one day, runs highest when he makes radio speeches announcing that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Hero's Week | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...enough to marry the young Irish widow who managed Flagstaff's weather bureau. In 1912 he was elected to the U. S. Senate, has been there ever since, famous, admired for his fluent sesquipedalian style-the elegant, eloquent Henry Fountain Ashurst. Into wifely anonymity faded the little Irish woman, beloved by the few who knew her kindness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Silent Senator | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...world, the headstone of the group; the 50-mile view from its roof; 30,000 square feet of roof area on its eleventh floor; National Broadcasting Co.'s 35 radio and television studios, in which 20,000,000 cubic feet of air circulate every hour; its transparent woman with the illuminated organs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Monument | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...exhibit, the finest by far is his polished rendition of the "Butterfly," a feminine character in "Le Dieu Bleu." This so-called sketch, which is in reality an actual painting, represents the spirit and movement of the ballet in a manner which equals that of Degas. The woman who represents the butterfly is clad in a billowy, wing-like costume, the decorative pattern of which is formed by means of juxtaposing solid, intense tones. Her figure is graceful and seems to be in the process of competing a turn, while the warm, brown color of her skin contributes a feeling...

Author: By Jack Wilner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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