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Word: armsful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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> Portcullis Pursuivant Anthony Richard Wagner of London's College of Arms revealed that Her Majesty is distantly related to George Washington and Robert E. Lee.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bread-&-Butter | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

Thus began the second direct test-at-arms between Japanese and Chinese since 1894. The Japanese, who aspire to rule the Far East as Britain has ruled Europe since Elizabeth's day, by fragmentation of the neighboring continent, had grown frightened of China's growing political unity and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Background For War: ASIA - Chiang's War | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

During a baseball game in the school yard one day, some 40 boys with swastikas inked on their bare arms, gathered around Melvin Bridge, 14.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: H (for Hebrew) | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

When young Dr. Freud, fresh from five years' research on the nervous system, returned to his native Vienna and with high hopes hung out his shingle, the gay city was thronged with neurotics, "who hurried, with their troubles unsolved, from one physician to another." Some were afraid of animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Intellectual Provocateur | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

Author West starts off well, with wit, a nimble imagination, shrewd slants on the social roots of Hollywood's crackpottery. But well before the last scene-a world première which turns into a savage riot-his intended tragedy turns into screwball grotesque, and groggy Author West can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Truly Monstrous | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

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