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Word: besting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...courtroom play have been utilized in an effective sound-picture. The story, adapted without alteration from a recent stage success, and directed by the author, Bayard Veiller, concerns a showgirl, who is tried for the murder of her lover and is defended by her brother, a lawyer. Best shot?Norma Shearer telling how she paid for her brother's education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 8, 1929 | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

...hold that it is the best policy to speak the unvarnished truth. I have found a pleasant atmosphere in the discussions so far. Nevertheless, I have had difficulty. Often I am reproached at the conference that I take everything too seriously and that I see everything too gloomily-but then, all Germans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Unvarnished Schacht | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

...Mike, Farewell! We all regret you, Although you would not let us pet you; Of cats, the wisest oldest best cat, This be your motto,-Requiescat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Cat Mike | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

...contemporary best sellers Mam Street sold approximately 500,000 copies, Babbitt 250,000 copies, since publication; both huge sales for novels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Indian Road | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

...died under the care of a Christian Science nurse.* The Mother Church answered that the Kline nurse was not a duly accredited Christian Science nurse said: "There is nothing in the teaching of Christian Science which should keep a patient from having whatever physical care he needs and the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Last Move | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

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