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Word: behind (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...possibly carry on his own work and support his family, did not his relatives help him with money. Charles Stewart, Canadian Minister of the Interior, replied softly and noncommittally to Professor M'Lennan's exhortations, thanked him for the ideas, hoped that public opinion would rally behind such men and reward them according to their true worth. Some facts which dull Professor M'Lennan's argument, essential as a Canadian Research Institute is, and valuable as it would be, are these: 1) There is a Royal Canadian Institute. It functions as a forum and is rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Canadian Research | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...committee of veterinaries, captained by Dr. McKillip, decreed tail sets agreeable to horses. The S. P. C. A. accepted the decree. Donning its diamonds, Chicago trouped to the Horse Show, watched three and five gaited hacks prance solemnly around the ring, their tails waving high behind them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chicago Horse Show | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...York University took a train to Nebraska to have their season's stirring efforts shattered. Hitherto unbeaten, the N. Y. eleven dropped behind 19-0; fought back to 19-18 in the final quarter; lost (for the first time this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football Matches: Dec. 5, 1927 | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

Good Time Charley, after the fashion of the major portion of the season's spoken drama, features the play behind the scenes, the tear behind the smile. Warner Oland, as a woebegone clown, picks his way carefully and with success through the pathos that at times threatens to bog the story. In the supporting cast, Helene Costello supplies decoration, Montague Love villainy and Clyde Cook a fine performance in a minor role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Dec. 5, 1927 | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

BROADWAY?Gang war rages behind the gaudy scenes of a Manhattan night club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 5, 1927 | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

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