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Word: tells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Having known about the book from the beginning, TIME'S editors kept it in mind. When copies were finally available, they decided to tell the story of In Our Image and illustrate it with a color spread of Artist Rowe's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 31, 1949 | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...Senator David I. Walsh, a democrat, was governor, the members of the Fin Com bitterly fought Curley's spending. But, for all their efforts, and despite cases of graft that were obvious even to the public, it was not until 1940 that they were able to make a court tell Curley to "pay or go to jail." In that year, the West Roxbury District Court ordered him to pay $42,000 to the City of Boston in payments of $500 weekly...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Colorful Mayor Dominates Boston Political Operations | 10/29/1949 | See Source »

Actually, Valpey can tell little about the team's timing during the brief practice scrimmages. He must wait until Saturday afternoon to see how well it comes off under game pressure. Harvard's timing was not up to par against Dartmouth and Valpey has been emphasizing it in practice this week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Valpey Runs Contact Drill To Polish Varsity Timing | 10/27/1949 | See Source »

...secrets for financial success was not to tell his wife how much he was making. "Tell your wife how much money you make and that's how much you spend." By heeding his own warning, Attorney Medina had accumulated a comfortable fortune, built a fine summer home at Westhampton, N.Y., maintained a comfortable town apartment, sent his two sons, Harold Jr. and Standish, to Princeton and Columbia Law School, bought a 46-ft. cruiser and a string of sailboats, became an enthusiastic Princeton alumnus (class of '09) and had just about everything he wanted out of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Presence of Evil | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

When it's dark on the Radcliffe Quadrangle, you can't always tell your date from a hole in the ground. Anyway, that's what happened to a student last night; he plunged in up to his ears, and it wasn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wholesome Student Suffers Downfall on Radcliffe Quad | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

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