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Word: bushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Third Game. Cub Pitcher Guy Bush coming up to bat at the start of the sixth, capered, skipped and grimaced according to instructions of McCarthy, who had said to him: "See if you can diddle a walk." With Bush and English on base, Hornsby and Cuyler, razzed as they came up for having struck out twelve times in two games and a half, each made clean hits. After that Pitcher Bush seemed to get more speed on the ball; his curve broke faster and Philadelphia only got one more hit. Cubs 3, Athletics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...PERFECT MURDER CASE-Christopher Bush-Doubleday, Doran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mention- Oct. 21, 1929 | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

Scotland Yard fails to prevent a murder, even though the killer ballyhoos his deed in advance. Furthermore the only hint as to the culprit's identity is given by Author Bush, smart manufacturer of alibis, in his prologue. The book was selected by the Crime Club jury for September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mention- Oct. 21, 1929 | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...their wells.* Due to varying conditions in different fields, no general ratio of gas waste to oil production could be specified; instead, the law provided that waste should be limited to a "reasonable amount" to be determined in each case by State Oil and Gas Supervisor R. D. Bush. Waste can be limited by "recycling" the gas into the ground, thereby sustaining the pressure and guaranteeing a long, steady but comparatively slow flow of oil; by capturing the gas and extracting its casing head gasoline contents; by selling the gas to public utility companies. Large companies, like Standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Gas Re-cycled | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

Great stone cities slumber, long ruined, in the jungle bush of lower North America. In Mexico the Aztecs, in Yucatan the Mayans developed civilizations which declined and fell so long ago that little is known of them today. Their traditions, lingering in the stones and exhumed jewelry of their cities, are of an antiquity admirably suited to folklore and epic poetry. Hence Payambé, "The First One," a new Mexican opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The First One | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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