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Word: knots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whose Culture? It was a tough knot to untangle. One man's information was another man's misinformation. Some found Popeye appealing, others thought him appalling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IDEOLOGIES: One Man's Popeye | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

...slipped between two cars, cut back and picked up a streetear for interference, and made it across the street without breaking stride. A string of Crimson flags and the usual knot of athletic characters in front of Leavitt & Peirce shifted his attention from the young thing in front of him to the matter of the afternoon's entertainment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/18/1947 | See Source »

...collection of character studies, "Gus the Great" is superb; as a continuous story, it falls somewhat short of the mark. Mr. Duncan throws out a wealth of threads during his novel and has difficulty weaving them into a satisfactory knot at the climax. Important characters clash in a weird and incongruous way. While others are forgotten entirely. But regardless of the flaws in its construction, "Gus the Great" is a monumental work, showing both penetrating insight and real sympathy for the circus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 10/15/1947 | See Source »

...bodies aboard the U.S.S. Honda Knot would not be the first to arrive in the U.S. Early in the war, through an error, the bodies of two U.S. marines were returned to their kin in St. Louis (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Return of John X | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

After that, Kootz's own local stable of U.S. painters could only irritate, not shock. Fernand Leger brought up the rear with one of his obsessive puzzles: three ropey girls tied in a Gordian knot. Venus de Milo was obviously as out of fashion as a pretty knee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Women | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

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