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Word: buts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Western Maryland kicked as often as they could. So did the University of Maryland. It made the game dull, but Frank Clary got across the goal-line twice for Western Maryland's eleventh straight victory, 12-0.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

The Merchants' Association told the press. The press told the story. Last week the Merchants' Association received a letter from one Frederick Paul, farmer, of Stemmers, Md. Wrote he: "We saw a piece in the Baltimore News saying the Turkish Government is asking your association to help them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Wild Hoggers | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

Whittling out duck decoys first gave Chris Smith the idea for a motorboat that would be short, broad, flat so as to ride on top of the water instead of cutting through it. This revolutionary design, now largely used in speed boats, produced the first boats to make 60 m...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Chris the Whittler | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

In the corporate title the "& Sons" is far from being a fiction. The four Smith boys now run the business, Jay as President, Bernard as Engineer, Owen as Buyer, Hamilton as General Factotum. Jay, who resembles his father but is more businesslike, was a real water baby. He ran passengers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Chris the Whittler | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

Obviously if sound movie producers use a song published by somebody else, they get no royalties, may have to pay some. Example: Warner Bros, purchased "Sonny Boy," published and written by De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, with lyric changes by Al Jolson. Estimated royalties were upward of $750,000, of which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Back to Melody | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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