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Word: armfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tracks went an express train, and across the tracks a huge St. Bernard dog. The train batted the huge dog through the air. The dog struck Mr. Dillon in the stomach and knocked him toward a lamp post. On the way he struck Mrs. Douglass and broke her arm. At the post he struck his head. There was a concussion of the brain, fear of a fractured skull, and weeks of convalescence. When he became well he and Miss Douglass were married, and went to Europe for two years ($8,000 railroad damages paid expenses). Although he spends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Chrysler- ( Dodge) -Dillon | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...final finger at the end of the Law's long arm in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania is a tall gaunt man named Robert G. Elliott, official executioner for those four States. After society had finally decided it must take the lives of Communists Sacco & Vanzetti last summer, it was Executioner Elliott who threw the electric switch. He also killed Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and over 100 less famed criminals. When he took up his profession in 1926 he tried to keep it secret. But his name leaked out after a year. He has been uneasy ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: In Dunton | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

Barbee Has injured Arm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NIPPONESE TEAM TO FACE CRIMSON | 5/22/1928 | See Source »

...University pitching staff is considerably weakened by the fact that J. N. Barbee '28 had a recurrence of the arm injury which first bothered him in the Dartmouth game two weeks ago. Barbee will not be able to take his turn of the mound for at least a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NIPPONESE TEAM TO FACE CRIMSON | 5/22/1928 | See Source »

...Barbee '28 started in the box for the Crimson, but a sore arm hampered his delivery and Coach F. G. Mitchell had to send in Cutts for the last four innings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RED AND BLUE NINE TOPS UNIVERSITY IN 7 TO 3 WIN | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

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