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Word: worn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tennis champ who turned to golf in 1940 because he considered it less monotonous, came his closest yet to winning a major tournament, taking the $4,325 second money with a 281. Vines was one of twelve pros who refused to wear an identification number; if he had worn one like a good boy, under Promoter May's rules his prize would have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Golf with Trimmings | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

...total amount of property thus far declared surplus had an original value of $6,163,637,000. It was scattered over more than 80 countries and on 30 island groups. Much was battle-worn and deteriorated. Some was once thought nonsalable. Yet FLC had disposed of three-fifths of the amount on hand-for $1,009,000,000 (including $98,000,00 worth transferred to UNRRA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Billion | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

Wicked Lady, a 1945 picture starring Margaret Lockwood, James Mason and Patricia Roc, was a big moneymaker in England. But the U.S. will have to wait to see it. Low-cut Restoration costumes worn by the Misses Lockwood and Roc (see cut) display too much "cleavage" (Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress' bosom into two distinct sections). The British, who have always considered bare legs more sexy than half-bare breasts, are resentfully reshooting several costly scenes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cleavage & The Code | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

...subject of Taimadge's wavyhaired opponent, candidate Carmichael, she said simply, "Bow ties aren't generally worn in the South...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deep South Finds Voice in Yankee Domain as 'Cliffegirl Backs Bilbo | 7/30/1946 | See Source »

...been a grey sort of year, without the tension of battle or bombing to stimulate us into angry determination. I have to admit I am filled with a strong desire to leave the country for somewhere (anywhere) less worn and weary, where fruit and clothes are unlimited and people are gay. My confidence in the ultimate tightness of socialism remains unshaken-but it will take a few years of monotonous austerity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Dull Year of Hope | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

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