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Word: gentlemen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...retrorsum. That's what Horace said, and it means "It frightens me to see all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning." Now it turns out that Horace didn't say these words at Cornell Saturday afternoon; on top of that, he never went to Harvard. But gentlemen, let us grant that Horace thinks and writes as if he were educated, along with the rest of us, in the Harvard Stadium, with time out for an occasional field trip to places such as Charlottesville or Ithaca...

Author: By Joel Raphaelson, | Title: Off The Cuff | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...sovereignty of the big powers. In a formal note, Moscow declared that a lot of "false noise was raised" by the Western powers, proposed that the Berlin issue be returned to the Big Four. The West rejected the note and the Security Council started its debate. Cried Vishinsky: "Gentlemen, you have come to the wrong address ... I object to the inclusion of this item on the agenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Suverenitet! Suverenitet! | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...less time than it takes Leo Durocher to descend on a plate umpire. (3) Rita can achieve more in one glance than Mayor Curley in three terms. (4) She is the only actress in Hollywood who can boast of two relatives who are accomplished on the Spanish guitar, (These gentlemen are on display in the "Loves of Carmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "The Loves of Carmen" | 10/7/1948 | See Source »

...using the phrase "ecclesiastical brekekekex koäx," did your Religion editor intend to compare delegates to ecumenical conferences to 1) young gentlemen at Yale, or 2) frogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 4, 1948 | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...spite of this the University's crew of secretaries consistently do an astounding job of staying cool, calm, efficient, polite, and genial. Hats, off gentlemen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To the Secretaries | 10/1/1948 | See Source »

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