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Word: tells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scholarly work and no field more than politics. A few are sincerely concerned. A young editor of the Catholic weekly in Vienna told me, "I am glad I had the Nazi experience, for I feel that only the people who knew it can understand its evil and tell others." But the tendency of the upper class youth is to shake their heads and ask, "What can I do? I'am not a socialist nor a Catholic, and they are in power...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: Conquered Europe Rebuilds in Troubled Ruins | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

Wright suggested holding on to tradition while experimenting with changes in higher education for women. We must not ignore warnings from experts, he said, "who tell us that the American home is not so satisfactory a place as it might and should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Talks at Ceremonies Installing Wright at Smith | 10/20/1949 | See Source »

...rest of those damaged all worked out yesterday, showing varying degrees of stiffness as they ran cautiously through dummy scrimmage. It is too early to tell how many will be in shape for Saturday, but a first estimate indicates that a fairly high percentage will play...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Only Two Grid Casualties Sidelined | 10/18/1949 | See Source »

...city's lifted face is a deception. Ask any Westberliner. He'll tell you that the grass was seeded and the rubble cleared by men made jobless by the blockade, and that the sparkling shops are near bankruptcy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: The Shape of Nothingness | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...getting to be," he added, "that you can't tell Radcliffe kisses from Hershey kisses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Meets Mouth Than Meets Eye | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

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