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Word: brooklyn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Phillips, Me.; Solomon Fishman, College of the City of New York '26, of New York; Alger Hiss, Johns Hopkins University '26, of Baltimore, Md.; David Miller, University of Texas '26, of Mineral Wells, Texas; Edward Cockrain McLean, Williams '24, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y.; Leon Pressman, Cornell '26, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Howard Heath Rapp '26, of Broomall, Pa.; Harry Shulsky, New York University '26, of New York; Bernard Soman '26, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Jule Elias Stocker '26, of Detroit, Mich.; John Joseph Verdon, Holy Cross '26, of Hoboken, N. J. and William Henry Vochy, Jr., Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWENTY ADDED TO LAW REVIEW BOARD IN FALL ELECTION | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

Exhibitors from Florida, Louisiana and Brooklyn won prizes from their Manhattan rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fish Show | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

More than $140,000 has been offered for transatlantic flights. Raymond Orteig's $25,000 for a flight between New York and Paris was won by the then Capt. Charles Augustus Lindbergh. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce's $15,000 was won by the Cham-berlin-Levine flight to Germany. About $100,000 rests unclaimed. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin posted $25,000 for a flight from Europe to Philadelphia; the Boston Chamber of Commerce pledged $25,-000 for a flight from Europe to Boston; the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce will give $25,000 for a plane to alight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Gold & Glory | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

...Brooklyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 5, 1927 | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

Arthur Potter is a wader, diver, gambler. He earns his living wading and diving for golf balls that inefficient golfers plop into water hazards at the Marine & Field Club, Brooklyn. He picks up dollars from unsuspecting golfers passing by, by suggesting that he can drive a certain narrow green nearly 300 yards away. Unsuspecting golfers doubt it. "Betcha," says Gambler Potter. "Betcha," answer unsuspecting, greedy golfers. Potter drives the green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Amphibious | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

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