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Word: finally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lovely young thing with a charming little nose . . . She was sold at auction like a slave of Roman days, and so fascinating she was that the final bid for her possession reached the tidy sum of $245,000. Who purchased Sabine at the time, who owns her now, I am not sure-Mr. Harkness was under Sabine's spell, if I am not mistaken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...Then a rebel Labor politico in Sydney, "Big Jack" Lang, charged sensationally that Chifley himself once lent money at rates up to 9%. Labor's embarrassed leader said it was true-only he had invested the money for proletarian friends and neighbors, taken nothing for himself. At his final rally, shirtsleeved Premier Chifley mixed with former railway cronies, reminded hard-drinking Australians how Labor had relaxed the closing time for pubs: "Remember how pubkeepers had to keep cockatoos to warn them when cops were coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: The Golden Age Express | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...present time, the final adoption of these rules will be held up until the FCC finishes talking about color television. When they finally come up for approval, the FCC ought to reconsider its clause on cutting power. The rest of the regulations can eliminate the problem of interference quite nicely, and college radio does not deserve to be short-circuited out of business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Beam | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Veteran sprinter Harvey Thayer and sophomores Tom McGrath and Ron Berman took three out of four heats in the 600-yard dash. No final...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Impressive in Practice Meet | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Replete with its discussion of academic freedom, the play moves along easily until the final scene. The professor has been accused of "agitating the mentality of his students;" Miss George claims that this is good, but the bishop is afraid. A scheme to bring pressure upon the bishop has been plotted by Miss George, and, as the results appear, she hovers over them like a mother hen. Here the important element of anxiety is overplayed...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

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