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Word: bushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...possessions in the way of reading matter in the contagion ward of the Infirmary have been three novelettes on the subject of the great national sport. The first is entitled "Lefty Locke in the Majors"; the second, "Lefty Locke in the Minors"; and the third, "Lefty Locke in the Bush Leagues." All three are held inadequate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Moves for Better Calibre of Stillman Books | 12/8/1938 | See Source »

...Bush-bearded Representative George Holden Tinkham (Republican) of Massachusetts believes that the best way to get re-elected to Congress is to leave the voters alone, go hunting wild animals in Africa, return only in time to vote for himself. This system has served him well for twelve consecutive terms. Last week he announced he would employ it this year as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Official Doctrine | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

...rose pajamas Skeegie wore when someone took him from his crib (TIME, June 13). But not even a sharp-eyed buzzard found the remains, till late one night last week, a surgeon, a State prosecutor and twelve G-men led by Chief John Edgar Hoover came crashing through the bush with flashlights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: $5 Atrocity | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

English 31--On Milton by Bush. Not an essential course, but good reading list...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Articles on Fields of Concentration | 5/31/1938 | See Source »

...three. When the examining magistrate, required by island law to pass on all indentures, popped the important question, Flynn would gravely hold up three interrogating fingers, was invariably rewarded with almost hysterical assent. When his conscience hurts nowadays, Flynn recalls that many of the boys came out of the bush emaciated, ulcered, unhappy, but after a few months of British guidance could be seen spryly playing football, "healthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 16, 1938 | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

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