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Word: ams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"The advantage of my system lies in that when I am off my game, I can lay back at the base line and just return the shots. When a player like Vines or Budge loses his stride for a day or so, there is nothing he can do."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fred Perry Asserts College Is Place To Discover Fundamentals of Tennis | 3/7/1939 | See Source »

Then Oakland, thoroughly alarmed, heard from Stead. "Something must be wrong with the Oakland range," he said. With only 60 gallons of gas left, he reported: "Don't know exactly where I am."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Trip 6 | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Oddest fact about 70-year-old retired Major General Sir Reginald Ford, appointed Chief Divisional Food Officer for London and the Home Counties last August, is that he makes his home in Brussels, Belgium, 250 air miles away. His is mainly a wartime job and he is needed in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Non-Resident | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

His Review, which contemporaries considered a far greater achievement than Robinson Crusoe, was largely filled with dull political and economic arguments, but it did introduce the first gossip column, the first society news and first advice to the lovelorn in English-language journalism. Like Dorothy Dix, Editor Defoe spun many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Original Lonelyhearts | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Freshman List lunged, drew blood. Freshman Deaton also lunged, with the same result. Having satisfied their honor, Freshmen List and Deaton shook hands, stalked off. Said Blue Ridge's President Lynn H. Harris later: "I am sorry the story got out." Said Freshman List, haughtily: "I am a gentleman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Blue Ridge Duel | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

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