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Word: bobs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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With every fiddler in New England clamoring for a chance to wrest the crown from champion Mellie Dunham, Bob Lampoon, honorary editor of the Lampoon, veteran piccolo player, has signified his willingness to match tunes with the Maine player. Bob claims to have over one hundred different pieces, where Mellie has only three or four, but the piccolo player declares that with a little practice he can become profficient in "Turkey in the Straw" and "Old Zip Coon" as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bob Lampoon Would Back His Piccolo Against Mellie's Fiddle in Bout to Gain "Gay Nineties" Dance-Music Crown | 1/13/1926 | See Source »

Died. Prince Lowenstein, 8, nephew of Count von Bernstorff, pre-War German Ambassador to the U. S.; at Wiirzburg, Bavaria, when run into by an automobile while bob-sleighing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 28, 1925 | 12/28/1925 | See Source »

...Senate the Republican Committee on Committees signalized the admission of Senator Bob LaFollette Jr. into the Republican ranks by assigning him to two of the committees on which his father held a place: Manufactures and Indian Affairs. Earlier in the week the Committee on Committees was deadlocked by the grotesquely inadvertent presence of Senator Wadsworth, no longer a member of the Committee, who strolled in and voted, in the absence of his successor Senator Means. Everyone implicated had displayed Olympian absentmindedness and no stigma attached to anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Insurgents | 12/21/1925 | See Source »

...happiness the end of life? Is evolution incompatible with religion? My wife wants to bob her hair-how can I stop her? Should people about to marry confess to each other? What is the soul? Is a lie ever justifiable? Should there be universal birth control? How? Why? When? Where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Oracle | 12/21/1925 | See Source »

...Faced with the likelihood of losing several seats, the regular Republicans are anxious to preserve as many of their number as possible-and one of these is Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin. Lenroot is a regular and it is pretty well agreed that he cannot be elected if young Bob opposes him. Hence the overtures to young Mr. LaFollette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Newcomers | 12/14/1925 | See Source »

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