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Word: wondered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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They split into smaller groups to visit mines, mills and workers' homes. That shook them. After a visit to a cellar where a whole family lived in one room, one congressional investigator remarked: "I wonder how long I would live like this before I became a Communist." A colleague cracked: "It wouldn't take two years of it to make Cox a Republican." But no one laughed. Georgia's ultra-reactionary Eugene ("Goober") Cox was so moved that when he got back to the train he gave his sweater, necktie, other odds & ends of clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Uncle, Uncle | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

Rita Hayworth, back from a summer in Europe, said she still meant to divorce Wonder Boy Orson Welles. But she did have a kind word for him. "Really," she explained charitably, "he's just like anyone else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Sep. 15, 1947 | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

...Africa to spread good will for Hollywood, reduced the New York Daily News to a jelly. He soared away, reported the tabloid, "leaving lovely Lana Turner behind with a heavy, lonely heart. . . . With tears in her eyes but smiling, Lana . . . planted a warm, lingering, farewell kiss. . . . Friends wonder how Lana . . . will stand it." Standing it all right was Actress Annabella, Tyrone's estranged wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Sep. 15, 1947 | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

Full-Dress Appeal. After more than 30 buildings had been destroyed, orthodox Doukhobors began to wonder about the wisdom of continued submission. Said Peter Postnikoff: "I refuse to hit any man. But maybe I'll forget my teachings." Last week, orthodox Doukhobors finally asked for action. Extra constables hustled to the fertile Kootenay Valley. The bag by week's end: 14 Sons of Freedom arrested, seven sent to jail for terms ranging from six months to a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: BRITISH COLUMBIA: Trouble in Kootenay | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Possible explanation: redheads often have "accelerated motor innervation," i.e., they are quick on the draw. With this advantage, Dr. von Hentig thinks, it is no wonder that they rose to prominence in the shooting business. "The frontier was an all-male society," the report adds, with a hint of regret. "It was therefore easy to omit the issue of the red-haired woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Quick on the Draw | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

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