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Word: backyard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...masters are better satisfied with his work in than they were with his work out of Congress. . . . Little Jimmie Watson ought to gather up a bunch of marbles, go out and hunt up that boy Lucas [Republican Executive Director] and together they could have a nice game in the backyard of the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: At the Carlton | 3/23/1931 | See Source »

Indicating Capone who looked fat, sleek, self-satisfied, State's Attorney Hawthorne told the court: "It's no crime to let a rattlesnake live but if you allow one to roam loose in your backyard where it may bite children, any court in the world will declare it a nuisance and authorize its abatement." Insisted Capone's counsel: "No matter how bad Capone may be, he has a perfect right to reside in this community as long as he is law-abiding." Judge Paul D. Barns took the padlock petition under advisement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Capone in Court | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

...Cambridge, Mass., James McArthur, eager to have a sister, stole small Vivian Mercer whom he found asleep outside a doctor's office. After being trundled about in her baby carriage, Vivian Mercer opened her crossed-eyes, stared at James McArthur. Disgusted, James McArthur abandoned Vivian Mercer in a backyard, where her mother found her, weeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Roomer | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

...Gang's executive headquarters, according to Means, was at No. 903 16th St., a large comfortable house, rented for $1,000 per month where Means, drawing $83-33 per week as a U. S. investigator, lived with five servants, a car and chauffeur. In its backyard, Means claims, was concealed the gang's cash, sometimes $500,000, never less than $50,000. Later this money would be deposited in a bank at Washington Court House, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ohio Gangster | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

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