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Word: berg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...conference in London which resulted in the creation of the International Derelict Destruction, Ice Observation and Ice Patrol Service. They agreed to pay dues on a basis of respective tonnage, asked the U. S. to manage the Ice Patrol. Now two U. S. Coast Guard cutters, during the berg season, patrol the danger area in alternate shifts, report every berg sighted, keep big ones under constant surveillance. They pay little attention, however, to ice fragments less than 100 feet long, for these melt away in a day or less. At night the cutters simply drift, so no harm is done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Ice Southward | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

Mathematician Albert Einstein, Musician José¹ Iturbi and erudite Baseballer Moe Berg (Phi Beta Kappa) saw their first planetarium shows to the accompaniment of Stokley's deep, well-modulated lectures. Baseballer Berg became a frequent visitor, once herded all his Boston Red Sox teammates .into the Philadelphia tabernacle of the stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Planetarian | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...hiring dialogue writers, and not creators, the Hummerts save lots of money. Most serial writers in radio command $200 to $400 a week. For The Goldbergs, Gertrude Berg gets about $2,000. The Hummerts pay a minimum $25 per 15-minute script. Since most Hummert ghosts are glad to add caviar to bread-&-butter from other jobs, they have seldom squawked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hummerts' Mill | 1/23/1939 | See Source »

AUGUSTA, Ga.--Saub-nosed Patty Berg of Minneapolis today made a clean sweep of the three annual titlist championships played thus far by winning this year's tournament with an aggregate...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 1/20/1939 | See Source »

Dorothy Kirby, former Southern Women's champion from Atlanta, finished second, two strokes behind Miss Berg...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 1/20/1939 | See Source »

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