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Word: wittedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Playing on the same bill at the Metropolitan is the Preston Sturges comedy, "The Lady Eve." This film, also an old-timer, is a sophisticated piece about a confidence woman and the heir to the fortunes of Pike's Pale, "The Ale that Won for Yale." The dialogue abounds in...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Last week, with old grads running a temperature for the first time in eight years, Fordham set out for West Point. To avoid any misunderstanding, Coach Ed Danowski told his boys, "They're going to hit you harder than you have ever been hit before." The answer voiced by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scuffling Cinderellas | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Science Fiction Fan Hoen particularly liked the cover by Artist Hubert Rogers, applauded top Science Fictioneer Robert A. Heinlein for his serial "Gulf" and A. E. van Vogt for his short story "Final Command." As the magazine's readers are used to adventures in time & space, Editor John W...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Adventures in Time & Space | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Burdick wanted it understood that his criticisms had nothing to do with the way he had been treated at Oxford. "The anti-Americanism of Oxford is complex and subtle, [but] the sting [has been] taken out of it by the fact that it is fashionable to have an American friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Yank at Oxford | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

In his deep-chested, dim-witted fashion, Mature loves his wife. But Lizabeth loves nothing but penthouses, stylish parties and Wall Street wolves who, for a consideration, can boost her to success as an interior decorator. Her pushing ways cost Mature a chance for a secure job as football coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 19, 1949 | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

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