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Word: ates (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other game, Eliot was nosed out in the final minutes after holding the lead for three-quarters of the contest by Dunster. The Funsters began ate in the third period to whittle the elephant down to 13-12, and then went head with two successive goals to put he game away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell, Dunster Win | 2/7/1939 | See Source »

...mortified his flesh with scourges and a hair shirt, ate mostly boiled potatoes, in general mistreated his body so that his doctor said "science could not explain how he remained alive." For 35 years, according to his account and those of his associates, he was visited, tormented and in fact "infested" by the Devil. The Cure read people's minds in the confessional, performed small miracles such as causing grain to multiply during famine, large ones such as curing illness. His medical miracles M. Vianney modestly attributed to another saint, with whom he said he held periodic converse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Cure d'Ars | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...until two years ago fully convinced of dad's infallibility. But then, when redheaded, tubby, smart John Francis Jr., 15, was sports editor of Barnard School's paper, John Sr. called a big one wrong. If Schmeling beat Joe Louis he promised to eat his hat. John ate a hat all right-a candy and cake creation. John Jr. lost no such wager, but dad's wrong guess was a blow. He said, "Did I lose prestige...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Kieran & Co. | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...named Baron Masuda. He took to collecting paintings, sculpture and pottery, devoted himself to the cult of chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony). A heavy eater and drinker in his younger days, he developed stomach trouble, had to watch his diet. He kept a cow and whatever his cow ate Masuda would eat, including grass. When a neighbor recommended globefish as a particular delicacy, he offered some to his cow (who loved eels and herring). The cow refused and so did Masuda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Great Imperialist | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...that breeders, packers and consumers have been dreaming toward. Weighing 300 Ib.less than Advance, Mercer was a far more economical animal, because he provided cuts to fit the shrinking U. S. oven yet allowed no wastage, achieved maturity in materially less time, could be turned into cash before he ate up his future profits. His broad, deep body, straight back and thick coverings of high-priced meat were the answer to a breeder's prayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Pure Filet Mignon | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

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