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Word: behemoth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Though the old Cinderella story alone always makes good entertainment, in "Irene" music, beauty, and a behemoth colored-mammy jitterbug are thrown in for good measure. Anna Neagle is the starryeyed girl with an Irish brogue who falls into fairyland. Ray Milland and Alan Marshall are the tail-coated sheiks who try to catch her. And when Ellis Island and Plymouth Rock don't quite fit together, May Robson is there to prove that you can't stop an O'Dair from the County Clare after he's caught sight of a goal or a bottle. As granny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 6/7/1940 | See Source »

...Minnesota's behemoth Governor Harold Stassen, scouting in Washington for tips for his coming G. 0. P. keynote speech, emphasized his address would demand a real isolation policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Great Debate | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

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