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Word: certainly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...frame of mind where you know that you have a task ahead and it has to be done carefully and it has to be done just right," he said, rocking gently back & forth beneath the Stars & Stripes and the Great Seal of the United States, "then there comes a certain calm and peace of mind which are the essence of the administration of justice...

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

...provided for could be processed in the appointed time. For instance, the law specifies that 30 per cent of the immigrants must be agricultural workers, and that 40 per cent must come from the three small Baltic countries. Further, only people who arrived in DP camps during certain periods of time can be admitted, which conveniently cuts down the number eligible in certain ethnic and religious groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Back to McCarran | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

Randall declared, inscrutably, "There are certain colleges we're little more skeptical of than others," and both the uniformed men and the plain-clothes operatives have been warned to watch out for them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Horde Comes Today; Yard Cops Ready Defenses | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

...radiance she brought to the role. During this speech, she made fewer movements than a Madonna, but at other times she did things that no American-trained actress could possibly do and get away with--the mercurial changes of mood, the intense, doc-like stare at the actor speaking, certain extravagant gestures about the face--to name a few. I shouldn't care to see a stage filled with Luise Rainers, all going at once; it would be overwhelming. But the one we have with us now is most welcome and, I repeat, nothing less than captivating...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

...Sylvain, to tutor the beast. Sylvain waited until the moose attained a reasonable size and then constructed a sulky in front of which the moose was to become the swiftest beast for miles around and a pleasure for all to behold. But it soon became evident that there are certain obstacles to be overcome in the training for harness of every young moose. For one thing, moose pace, and nothing can be done about it. It would neither walk nor trot but only pace...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

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