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Word: wanderings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...philosophers and has soapboxed for innumerable causes, few people know John Dewey. To his intimate friends he is a sweet and lovable character. His absentmindedness is fabulous. He sometimes shows up a week late for appointments, goes to the wrong room to meet his classes, has been known to wander into ladies' washrooms. He often goes out into the snow without rubbers or muffler, but rarely catches cold. Despite his absentmindedness, he is scrupulous about fulfilling obligations, never breaks a promise. He used to make it a rule never to read manuscripts submitted to him for criticism by budding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dewey at 80 | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...Excluded last month by hypercautious Presidential police, tourists again were admitted to the White House grounds (but not into the showrooms of the White House, where gawkers used to wander at will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Trees | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...tumult of meetings, buildings, people, and "vital" decisions confronting an entering class. The well-meaning patronizing of sophomores, the nebulous advice of juniors, and the aloof disconcern of seniors seldom bring much order out of the chaos. The college might almost as well hire a set of carollers to wander about the Yard singing a medley of "Hold Tight" and "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY" | 9/22/1939 | See Source »

Above the towering, tumbled hills Shy grey clouds wander near and far: The impatient ravens bite their bills Awaiting the unpunctual star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Puckish Proust | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

...little Lambs worshiped their forceful mother who ruled over vast, anarchic Melbourne House. Order-loving Lady Granville, in an exasperated moment, described it as "that great ocean, where they wander about all day and sleep about all the evening; no meal is at a given hour, but drops upon them as an unexpected pleasure." In that matriarchy, the strikingly handsome, tall, dark-eyed, sensual, clever, positive, realistic Lambs horse-played and horselaughed at delicacy and romance, ate prodigiously, fell asleep and snored, shouted their arrogant opinions, cursed loud and long. Yet they had immense love of life, good humor, adroitly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Caroline Lamb's Husband | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

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