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Word: wordings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...congratulate you; it was a well-chosen word, aptly used. For my back bristles, a rubbing with ashes on a cornshuck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 9, 1946 | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

...evening of the day I wrote the "fatback" letter [TIME, Nov. 18], out of a clear sky, my mother-in-law complained of no fatback with which to season greens. The good wife and I almost fainted. It was the first time either of us had ever heard the word used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 9, 1946 | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

...names Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and Pleran Sodality represent some weird organisations of "long-haired" students. Actually the Orchestra is composed of Music-loving, reasonably experienced players who enjoy grinding out symphonies at rehearsals every Tuesday and Thursday nights. For those who have been worried about the term "Pieran," the word refers to a place in Greece where the Muses met. Its members elected when they have served two terms in the Orchestra, the Pleran Sodality is the "inner circle" which handles the Orchestra's finances and arrangements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pierian Sodality Not 'Long-Haired' But Members Enjoy Music Making | 12/7/1946 | See Source »

Lewis got up and grasped his hand and as Hopkins' eyes gleamed with tears, Lewis said he subscribed to every word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Supreme Court May Get Lewis Case Immediately; Beck Sends Oakland Teamsters Back to Job | 12/5/1946 | See Source »

Courage is the word for the Harvard Veterans Theater in its tackling of this experimental drama. Those who see "I Was A King in Babylon" during the remainder of the week will not fail to give that credit to this new College theatrical venture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 12/5/1946 | See Source »

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