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Word: seat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...finally found it. To the ill-concealed dismay of Connecticut's regular Democrats, his old friend and partner Chester Bowles had decided on Benton, an independent and member of no political party, to succeed Republican Raymond E. Baldwin, who leaves the U.S. Senate this month for a seat on the Connecticut supreme court. Unless the regulars could stop the appointment, the firm of Benton & Bowles would be back in business again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: B&B | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...received a garbled message from the DC-3's pilot. Forty-two hours later, after searching parties had scoured the countryside in vain, a lumberjack walking near Oslo Fjord heard the thin cry of a child. He found the wreckage of the DC-3; sitting primly in his seat in the plane's tail, his safety belt fastened, rain-soaked and spattered with oil, was Isaac Allal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: A Trip to School | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Dickter, a 19 year old pre-medical student, died when his car struck a tree and burned. Police said that the impact of the crash had tossed him into the rear seat. He was alone in the car at the time of the accident...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Dies In Accident | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...avoided cluttering his latest western with any discernible plot. This will please people who enjoy a horse-and-shooting movie for its basic detail, and who hate to see it adulterated with Sex, Skullduggery, or Intrigue. It will bore stiff anyone who is prone to squirm in his seat until something happens...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...fiery Mexican standard set by Carmen Amaya and her numerous brothers, sisters, and cousins. It's not that her dancing is any more exciting than the Spanish variety, but just that there are no dancers with the "Cabalgata" company who make you leap out of your seat and shout...

Author: By Daniel B. Jacobs, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/25/1949 | See Source »

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