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Word: blew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week while all Budapest blew on its fingers and shivered in the cold, Vassili Martinow went to the movies. He was old and poor, and could only afford the cheapest seat, but even in the cheapest seat the Terminus Theatre was warm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: At the Movies | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...basketball game that see sawed back and forth from beginning to end Worcester Academy emerged in the lead when the final whistle blew defeating the Crimson Freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORCESTER DEFEATS 1932 TEAM | 2/21/1929 | See Source »

...They blew up the mine, wrecked its extraction mill, destroyed the nearby Bonanza mine, captured George Marshall of New York, carried him away, turned him loose in the jungle to die wretchedly of malaria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bandit-Catcher | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

...first quarter of the contest was loosely played and at the end of it each team had piled up 12 points. Hebron depended on a fast offense, laying little stress on its defense; consequently Harvard had jumped into a six point lead when the whistle blew for the intermission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN WEEKEND SPORT SUMMARIES | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

...Kansas City. Mo., a nicely dressed gentleman entered the Catholic Cathedral. He was Henry J. Schepers. a bill collector. He knelt in prayer in a rear pew. Then, still kneeling, he drew a pistol from his pocket and blew a hole through his head. The bullet pierced a stained glass window with the gleaming legend THY SINS ARE FORGIVEN THEE. The bullet hole made a period for the sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Two Churches | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

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