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Word: boys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ripon the chief object of political veneration was the one-room schoolhouse in which Bovay held his meeting. The building was later occupied by George W. Peck, author of Peck's Bad Boy and one-time Governor of Wisconsin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elephant & Lincoln | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

James Henry ("Jim") Thomas, one-time errand boy and engine cleaner, last week became the Right Honorable James Henry Thomas, Lord Privy Seal of Great Britain. By his new title the onetime errand boy legally takes precedence over all the dukes of Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Only Fundamental Question | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

...trial denouement the little boy accused of murdering his bad stepmother is cleared by a device proving that she was killed by her lover. Typical shot: Mickey McBan, baby soprano, singing "My Daddy's the Best Daddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jun. 17, 1929 | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

...rung in the movie world. Throughout the whole narration one is struck with the romance of his life. Hart surely saw life through colored glasses and lived it as he saw it. He has retained to the present time that same feeling that makes a small boy delight in the circus, and a great deal of the charm of the volume is due to this fact...

Author: By B. B., | Title: BOOKENDS | 6/12/1929 | See Source »

...book is one which any normal boy of thirteen would delight in, its appeal to an older and more mature person is undoubtedly limited...

Author: By B. B., | Title: BOOKENDS | 6/12/1929 | See Source »

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