Word: worded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...author of this article had in mind to entertain Americans, he certainly met his aim. Magazines such as TIME are supposed to educate people rather than to relate "gossip"-this is the word used by the author-especially as gossip means lack of truth...
...book ever produced by man reeks with as much murder, sodomy, incest, rape and filth as does the so-called word of God. ... No book has held back the march of science as much as has the Bible...
...critics say. It is no easy task to balance this theory with some stark and fully documented facts presented by Miss Olga Samaroff. To get booking with a decent manager these days, in a country full of budding Rubinsteins and Heifetzes, a young artist must have the good word from New York's critics. Likewise, the composer, for instance, of a new opera. No rave notices equals no more performances of the opera and little chance for production of future operas...
...long overdue word of praise must be accorded to the Club's accompanists. At no time this year has their playing been mere accompaniment. Although the piauists failed to keep up with the combined audience and Glee Club in the post-concert singing of college songs, no one seemed to mind. And the squirrels were treated to the first atonal, syncopated version of Harvardiana on record...
These measured words last week introduced a highly optimistic and monumental (500,000-word) report on the U.S. economy (America's Needs and Resources) by the Twentieth Century Fund. Probably the most comprehensive ever made on the subject, the study was completed last week-when some optimism was sorely needed-after three and a half years of fulltime work by a staff of 27 economic experts...