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Word: buttoned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British freighter Farnworth was ploughing its way toward Button Bay last week to tie up to the brand new dock at Churchill, Manitoba. Her arrival woul 1 be a big moment for Canada's wheat farmers, Canada's railwaymen, Canada's history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Churchill | 9/14/1931 | See Source »

...Baldish, button-chinned Arthur Brisbane leads a quiet life consisting mostly of reading, writing and real estate. But lately he had an experience which moved him deeply. In the pantry of his house he came upon a mouse caught in a trap. Next day he made eight paragraphs out of the incident, some of the best he ever wrote, for his Hearst colyum. Arthur Brisbane's mouse story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Brisbane's Mouse | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

...clerk from Derby. Because he has raised thousands of pounds for the Derby hospital by organizing charity concerts, Mr. & Mrs. Barlow were invited by George V. Mrs. Barlow gave up her summer vacation so that Arthur Barlow might attend properly accoutered in topper, frock coat and high button shoes. "I wish my wife could have gone too," said he last week, "she would have enjoyed it so much. I saw tears in her eyes as my train left Derby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Quickly Done | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

...founded Eton in 1440. It is because King George III is dead that Eton keeps to its melancholy mourning garb of black suit and shiny topper. All but 29 Etonians must throughout the year observe a number of strict rules: they must leave unbuttoned the bottom waistcoat button, (and in after life they usually continue to do so). They must walk, with coat collar turned up, on only one side of the town streets. They may not carry an umbrella rolled up. The 29 leaders of the schools, the "Pops," however, are permitted proudly to exhibit the insignia of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Beside Windsor | 6/29/1931 | See Source »

...Papal daily Osseroatore Romano complaining of ''Fascist outrages" in general, but particularly alleging that Fascist students had publicly burned copies of an address by Pope Pius XI, shouting as they did so, "Down with the Pope! Death to the Pope!" L'Osservatore also complained that the button-badges worn by members of the Catholic College Men's Association have in some instances been "forcibly torn from their buttonholes" by Fascist bullies. Il Lavoro retorted: "Catholic parish priests pray against the Fascist regime! They prevent from entering their churches little boys in the uniforms of the balilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY-PAPAL STATE: Again Roman Question? | 6/8/1931 | See Source »

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