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Word: worn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ireland will be free when the palm and the shamrock are worn together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: Prime Minister of Freedom | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

Because in recent Commencements there have been two different types of gowns worn by the graduating class, the University has started a drive to produce a little more uniformity in the Senior Class's robes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dissimilar Gowns Mar Graduation | 3/23/1940 | See Source »

Ever since the Japanese occupation of Shantung, Chefoo has been one of the principal ports of call of coastwise British steamers. Chefoo exports famed Shantung lace and most of the hairnets worn by U. S. women. Last week one of these ships, the Hunan, idled along off Chefoo. In its hold lay a cargo of bean cakes, machinery, flour, and beer for the British flotilla preparing to assist in the blockade of Vladivostok. A handful of passengers-missionaries, German merchants, two or three mysterious White Russians-were lolling in the lounge; a couple of junior officers were playing ping-pong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Battle of Chefoo | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

Jerome Frank is a warm-blooded, quick-witted, supersensitive, argument-loving man of 51 with a bald sloping brow, bulging eyes, and the slightly travel-worn air of a shambling, sub-leonine cat. At University of Chicago he is remembered as one of the two brightest students of pre-war generations. (The other: Benjamin Cohen.) Son of law-loving Chicago Lawyer Herman Frank, Jerome had a reputation for legal brilliance almost before he started practice. This he increased with the firm of Levinson, Becker, Schwartz & Frank, corporate specialists. Jerome also developed a reputation for hard work and absentmindedness. Asking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Intellectual on the Spot | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...subject possible. That is a wise move; there are so many people who will object to any German movie being shown, regardless of content, that to present an out-and-out propaganda film would only make criticism more vehement. But once the novelty of German films as such has worn off, the U. T. might well experiment with Nazified productions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HEIL CULTURE! | 2/29/1940 | See Source »

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