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Word: bearse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though a large part of the loyal Portuguese Navy lay off Funchal, though the revolutionary junta of General Souza Dias was in Funchal, days passed and Funchal was not bombarded. The- flagship of the Portuguese Navy bears the imposing title of Carvalho Araujo. Twelve years ago this same ship was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Madeira Truce | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

Tarnished Lady (Paramount). With a good or even an average piece of cinema tradegoods as her first vehicle, Tallulah Bankhead might have kept anyone from noticing the picture; but Tarnished Lady is so bad it keeps the audience from noticing Miss Bankhead. Her warm low-pitched voice and her pretty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 11, 1931 | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

At 50 yards a hunting bow handled by someone who knows how is more deadly than a short-barreled revolver. Famed U. S. hunting bowmen: Captain Cassius Styles who every year kills mountain lions and cuts yew in Oregon; the late Dr. Saxton Pope who killed African lions, mountain lions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bow & Arrow | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

The new Ford freight plane, powered by a single 600-h. p. water-cooled Hispano-Suiza engine. Except for the long snout-like motor and four-bladed propeller, the ship bears many outward resemblances to the tri-motored Ford transport.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Show | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

Wiggly Saunders. The last great corner on the New York Stock Exchange was in 1923 when Clarence Saunders massacred bears short of stock in his Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc., sent the shares up from $55 to $124. But soon afterwards Storeman Saunders lost control of his chain, had to begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Deals & Developments | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

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