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Word: yellow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flat stretches of Flushing Meadows, fanned by autumn's first cool breezes, the red and yellow dahlias nodded cheerily. So did Andrei Vishinsky. "I," beamed the Soviet Foreign Minister on his arrival, "am optimistic by nature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: A Time Will Come | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Modernization is turning the dreary classrooms into models of educational equipment: decorated in three different color schemes, yellow, green, and grey. As a final touch, the front wall of each room will be a shade darker than the side walls, a psychological device designed to keep the students' attention focused on the instructor...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster, | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 9/30/1949 | See Source »

...exchange handles only yellow globe and weet Spanish onions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: The Onion Boom | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

Plaster walls have been painted with a view to the light-reflecting and eye-resting qualities of the color's used. North-side rooms have yellow walls to maximize sunlight, while in the other living quarters the conventional plain ivory has been supplanted by pastel grey, green, and blue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conflagration in Moors Hall Fails to Halt Debut | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...interest and express opinions in college affairs. Last year's article on "The Jew at Harvard," and later the discussion of the club system, were directed toward this end. By editorializing on some of the controversial problems of college life, the Advocate gives impetus to its descent from the yellow pedestal of pure letters...

Author: By Parker Hayden, | Title: ON THE SHELF | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

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