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Word: explaining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Consul almost immediately asked me what my political views are. I told him that I consider myself a liberal socialist and, at his urging, attempted to explain to him what that meant...

Author: By David RIESMAN Jr., | Title: Shortliffe, "Liberal Socialist," Denied U.S. Visa | 10/4/1949 | See Source »

Piaf (real name Gassion) tries to explain in English that when she first started singing as a spindly child in the streets of Paris "I cried . . . cried, without tears. You understand?" What she means is that she bawled her songs. Even now, France's famed chanteuse needs no microphone; she sings out, nasally, a little as if she were singing through a papercovered comb. But with her infallible feel for beat and flow, Piaf fans find it pretty exciting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: La Vie en Rose | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Leaders of all PBH programs from tutoring to the ticket agency will explain their work in rapid succession and tell prospective '53 members what openings PBH has for them in its organization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Gets Lowdown on PBH Work Tonight | 9/29/1949 | See Source »

...Benedict's Center continues its lecture series at 8:15 p.m. tonight when Father Leonard Feeney, S.J., gives his first talk on "The Dangers of Liberal Theology." The purpose of these talks is to explain the doctrine the Center holds-"that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church" in the current controversy with the archdiocese of Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Center Talk Tonight | 9/29/1949 | See Source »

Heads of most recognized undergraduate extra-curricular organizations will follow this trio onto the platform in rapid succession to explain the purpose and structures of their groups, their activities, and means of attaining membership in them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Hears Watson, Houston In NLH Tonight on Activities | 9/27/1949 | See Source »

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