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Word: may (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Francesco Mauri at nearby Cutro: "This land will be ours as soon as it is cleared, or we will lie dead upon it. They may kill us, but we won't leave the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Land Hunger | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...start, bitterly lamenting: "Not the least of the tragedies of our era of mass communications is the power possessed by little men with loud voices and a vestigial sense of decency. Wherever the target is big enough, there the scavengers gather to demonstrate with what sickening ease the dead may be slandered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Seven-Day Wonder | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...Many things operate to keep an editorial writer's opinion of himself in proper perspective. He can never be sure of himself, for while he may write his heart out about something that really matters without attracting the least attention, let him mention some trifling subject like pumpkin pie [which Grimes recently likened to axle grease] or the price of putty, and the compliments or condemnations pour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Summing Up | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Snyder believes that his latest catalogue only scratches the surface. His best guess on the ultimate number of species which may be discovered: almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Termite Hunter | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Expendable Churches. But, says the FORUM, there is hope on the horizon. A handful of moderns are trying to restore to church architecture the pioneering role it once played. Their tentative answers to the problem (see picture supplement) may not seem equally inspiring to all worshipers, but they do suggest some brand-new approaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Billion-Dollar Question | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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