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Word: armes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Number three is another sandbagger, He was a hot prospect for center this fall until he brooks his arm, and was outclassed by his competitors while it was healing. His name is Low Harder, and the last few days he has been going out for practice although he hasn't prayer of getting into the game tomorrow...

Author: By Sponsor Kisw, | Title: What's His Number? | 11/24/1939 | See Source »

...raid. Testator to this probability was First Flying Lieutenant Hermann von Bülow of the German Air Force, who explained in Berlin that the air raid on Scapa Flow, three days after Royal Oak was torpedoed, was a "cleanup job" left to his crowd by the Nazi naval arm. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Lord's Admissions | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Cinemactor Richardson is serving in the Fleet Air Arm. Supporting Actor Robert Douglas is in the Air Force, Anthony Bushell in the Welsh Guards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Air Lion | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...toward the quaint rather than the dangerous. The comical-looking tree porcupine, annoyed to find that he is standing on his tail, gravely tips himself over by pulling it out from underneath. Miniature anteaters cry when caught, curl up pathetically with face in paws, uncurl suddenly and nab your arm. Pea-size frogs croak like bullfrogs. One beetle is equipped with amber landing light. A bird sings sophisticated Gershwin melodies. Quanks, opossums, howler monkeys, capybara, sloths, tamarins, uropygi come in all sizes and shapes, display remarkably varied habits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Big Hunter | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...seat, carried out by two guards standing at each side with riding whips. The prisoner is lashed to a board. If he cries out, the strokes are increased to thirty-five. Guards use all their force, sometimes springing into the air so as to bring down the arm with increased momentum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROPAGANDA: White Paper, Black Deeds | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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