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Word: bitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact that Robin Inskip, 22, son of Viscount Caldecote (Lord Chancellor in the Chamberlain War Cabinet), was aboard the mine sweeper Aragonite when she was blown out of water last fortnight with serious injury to four men. Safe home in London with his family, Robin Inskip chirped: "A bit of a shakeup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Quiet But Fierce | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

...typical French soldier's wife was going a bit hungry last week, scrimping to send her man all she possibly could. One Mme Jeanne Durand, who has a job paying $50 monthly and has been sending her husband nothing, was sensationally hauled into court on his demand from the Maginot Line that she be made to live up to the "mutual faithfulness, aid and support" clause in their marriage contract. Setting a legal precedent, the court ordered Mme Durand to pay $2.25 per month toward settling the canteen bill of her drafted husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Too Busy! | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

...match was so close in fact that it was up to Hank Dunbar '42, the last shooter for the Crimson, to save the victory by making a score of 188 out of a possible 200, the record of the afternoon. It was this last bit of excellent shooting that saved the day for their undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rifle Team Tops Employees In Heated Contest 888-876 | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

...team is far better offensively than defensively, being hampered in its back-board work by its lack of height. But it will be helped by the fact that the game is on the home floor, a good bit longer than Hangar Gym, on which the Tech quintet is used to playing...

Author: By John C. Robbins jr., | Title: Four Sophomores Start as Basketball Schedule Begins With Tech Tonight | 12/5/1939 | See Source »

...Like a bit of grandma's lace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 4, 1939 | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

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