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Word: womans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nation she asked more than a smile; she asked respect: "Whatever you do, do not give me your pity. No woman ever felt as proud as I do of the marvelous heritage of my own people . . . They had always maintained the right of the individual to his own liberty ... of his person and ... of his soul. . . Placed before the terrible choice of surrendering those rights or of dying in their defense, they never hesitated . . . Pity is for the weak, and our terrible fate has made us stronger than ever before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: The Woman Who Wanted a Smile | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...crowds will bark out a good loud "Hiep, hiep, hiep, hoera!" The woman who asked people to smile at her children will be Queen of The Netherlands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: The Woman Who Wanted a Smile | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...talk later with News-Herald Reporter Hal Malone, the Archbishop got down to brass tacks. Said he: "Such demonstrations are accountable for the lust and rape that we read about almost daily . . . You would have to be an iceberg to be in the same room with a semi-nude woman and not be subject to immoral ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: BRITISH COLUMBIA: Icebergs & Cattle | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...putting on a good act in court, with the prosecution lawyers as her straight men. What was her first literary effort? "Sex," she said, deadpan. Why couldn't she remember the sequence of Catherine's 300 lovers? "I can't remember the order. No woman could." Well, why didn't she put all the lovers in the play? "Look," she replied, "I did the best I could in a couple of hours' entertainment. That many men would just clutter up the stage." The judge had to warn the audience not to laugh or applaud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Sep. 6, 1948 | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...regular user of the New Orleans Public Library is a woman who lives among the crab and shrimp fishermen near Lake Pontchartrain. Every two weeks, she hops aboard a bus, rides seven miles to the library, fills her shopping bag with books, and rides home again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Turns of a Bookworm | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

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