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Word: bewilderment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The play itself is very comically constructed, and though the tendency of the players is towards farce in places, the sheer funniness of the lines themselves refuses to be obscured. A variety of Russian acconts further complicate the proceedings and tend to bewilder both the audience and the players. Handsomely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 7/11/1944 | See Source »

When the destroyermen hit Tennessee, they had had three months of experience fighting tanks, began to bewitch and bewilder their opponents, almost swept them into the Cumberland time after time. They never seemed to sleep during a maneuver. They figured out where the tanks were likely to come (and usually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Lessons of the Cumberland | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

But aside from a startling short story by Mark Schorer, which, incidentally, gives full scope to the unchallenged talent of the Advocate's new illustrator, Arthur de la Guardia, the balance of this over-long issue is little more than a tribute to the editor who single-handled amassed this...

Author: By T. S. K., | Title: ON THE SHELF | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

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