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Word: blushingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inter-House program than the hope of receiving an individual medal. Such trinkets as the jewelers of the Square offer each fall to catch the eye of the callow Freshman have no firmly established place in the life of the Harvard man. They are baubles born to blush unseen, to waste their brilliance in the bureau drawer. As such, they might be disposed with as adjuncts of our inter-House program. Before the custom becomes too firmly entrenched in the tradition of the system, it should be rooted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ABOLISH INDIVIDUAL AWARDS | 12/1/1934 | See Source »

Hereafter, when I am in the North or East, and the name of Mississippi is mentioned, I can only keep my mouth shut and blush. The dignity of the State, as well as the national Congress, is something that ought to be considered by voters. But you, who can see us from an objective point of view, do be kind to us when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 22, 1934 | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

...split approximately 25% to New York, 75% to Westinghouse. Westinghouse's new type AB was put on the market three years ago. Only 30,000 cars are now equipped with it. But there are some 2,000,000 freight cars with old-type brakes. Thus at first blush it looked as if the two air brake companies could count 200,000 brake orders per year at $145 a set-$290,000,000 of business in the next ten years. Westinghouse stock jumped from $18 per share to $23 on the American Railway Association's announcement last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Air Brakes | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

...Patrician burghers still blush painfully at mention of the shocking events of last year, when the native crew of Holland's biggest battleship, DC Zevcn Provincien, waited until the commander and most of the officers were ashore, mutinied, and seized the ship (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Gloomy Queen | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

...production has the ring of authenticity, the small details having been apparently well taken care of. Quite evident is the fact that the picture has been produced under the new "spotless" regime, there being nary a line that could bring even a blush to your grandmother's cheek. The nearest approach is by Mercedes (Elissa Landi) who, when in the course of a discussion of Dante's qualifications for marriage it was remarked that he "had no family," coyly retorted that she "would give...

Author: By H. M. I., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 9/27/1934 | See Source »

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