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Word: worded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...your issue of March 1 . . . you use the word swivet. The only person I ever heard use the word is my secretary, who is from Memphis, Tenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 22, 1948 | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

...cannot find the word in the dictionary; Where did you find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 22, 1948 | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

Actually, all the ad says is that ex-servicemen have some peculiar reason why not to vote for MacArthur, else why the use of that good old word "veteran"? The ad doesn't say, for instance, "Sponsors: veteran Jonathan E. Robbin, veteran Gibb C. Taylor etc.," it merely lists the names of a number of public spirited Harvardians and others who think "vets" should not vote for MacArthur...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Queries on Veteran Groups, Loyalty Checks | 3/18/1948 | See Source »

...average age: 17) were the pick of 3,161 junior scientists, finalists in the annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search. They were chosen after stiff science aptitude tests, and on the basis of recommendations from teachers, their scholastic records, and a 1,000-word essay on their private research (sample subject: Chemiluminescence of 3-aminophthalhydrazide). For two lucky ones, there were $2,400 college scholarships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Top Juniors | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

...words seem necessary to focus the intention, "take but one little word of one syllable, for one is better than two; the shorter the word, the better it harmonizes with the work of the spirit. Such a word is this word GOD or this word LOVE. . . . [A single word] pierces the ears of the Almighty God, quicker than any long psalter unmindfully mumbled in the teeth. Therefore it is written that the short prayer pierces heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: With Longing Love | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

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