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Word: ams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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In Uvalde, Texas, chunky John Nance Garner took inquisitive Cartoonist Reg Manning, of the Phoenix Arizona Republic, into the chicken yard behind his buff-brick house, pointed a stubby finger at his fowls (that come a-running when he calls), said: "If I am called, I will run."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: On the Hunt | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Peace on Whose Terms? Ascetic Viscount Halifax, angered by the whole debate, replied for His Majesty's Government: "I entirely decline to see this country put in the dock of international affairs and held in any way to blame comparable to Germany for the tragedy into which the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Fight to the Finish? | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Reginald ("Red") Rowland, 53-Year-old British cinema manager who claims to be the author of the dirty war ditty Mademoiselle from Armentieres (pronounced-for the purposes of the song-"armentaire"), told a newsreporter at his home in Sutton, Surrey, England: "I am trying to do a piece for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 25, 1939 | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Gable's head was in a whirl. Hundreds of the prettiest little girls he had ever seen had surrounded him earlier. One looked at him a little too long, gasped: "Lord, I can't stand this any longer," fainted. An eleven-year-old girl, given a choice of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: G With the W | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

"Dear Editor-I am 8 years old.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Editorial Cantata | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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