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Word: boredness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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On Monday night the performance was unbelievably "peppy". The dancing stood out as the exceptional feature. Not one person in any chorus number has the appearance of being bored to death.... as so many Ziegfeld chorus beauties have. Men and women alike were apparently having the time of their life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/31/1923 | See Source »

"Sun Showers", which opened at the Wilbur this week, is just one more of those plotless musical comedies which lay their hopes on their comedian and their dancing. This one, however, is brought out of mediocrity by Harry Delf, who tries to be funny--and succeeds. Just when the patient...

Author: By L. J. A., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/3/1923 | See Source »

But the conjecture market is still as lively as ever. Why were these gratuitous prophecies made so early and so positively? There is at least one plausible answer. Perhaps their object is to put a damper on insurgents within the Republican ranks. These rebels, attracted by the vigor of a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCIENTIFIC PLAYING | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

ALASKA: Test oil wells are being bored. From one of them a column of soft blue clay flows, filling the six-inch pipe and rising to a height of five feet before tipping over. The rate of the clay flow varies with atmospheric pressure.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE STATES | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

Neither Siki nor McTigue showed sufficient skill or savagery to warrant the championship. The early rounds of the fight bored the crowd although their favorite, McTigue, was steadily outpointing the black champion. Siki showed commendable courage but a technical ignorance of his profession. The 17th round roused the Celtic spectators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: McTigue-Siki | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

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