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Word: cafee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...kingdom without a King, overflows with secret societies and patriotic leagues. Three months ago an old one reappeared, known as the Society of Awakened Magyars, a chief tenet of which was that all unmarried Hungarian girls over 12 should wear chastity belts. Last week brought another when along the cafe fronts of the Corso marched a stalwart line of little people no higher than the table tops with banners at their head marked "JUSTICE FOR DWARFS," "MIDGETS,AWAKE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Justice For Dwarfs | 3/19/1934 | See Source »

...Minerva Cafe, 214 Huntington Avenue--$.25-.30-.30* Minimum $.50 weekdays, $1.00 Saturdays. No cover. Mixed crowd but rather a nice place. Moderately good show. Inexpensive. Don't dress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Supper Clubs | 3/16/1934 | See Source »

...Sometimes the ball bounces far to the right, sometimes far to the left, and again most unexpectedly it may rebound into his own court. John Henry used similar tactics with Haiti's scheming politicians. To avoid even the appearance of militarism he wore civilian clothes. Through tall, thin, cafe-au-lait Louis Borno, John Henry kept tight rein on all Haitian legislation. Under him Haiti's internal and external debt was reduced to $14,000,000. He established eleven hospitals, 139 rural clinics to treat malaria, hookworm and yaws, built 1,000 miles of new roads, a half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: John Henry | 3/5/1934 | See Source »

...Minerva Cafe, 214 Huntington Avenue--$25-.30.-30. Minimum $.50 weekdays, $1.00 Saturdays. No cover. Mixed crowd but rather a nice place. Moderately good show. Inexpensive. Don't dress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Merry-go-Round | 3/3/1934 | See Source »

...fellows there were shouting about who should paint John red if they did paint him, and Uncle Harry said the old spirit popped out occasionally, but I said I was bored and wanted something to eat, so we went down some stairs in the same building to the Lampoon Cafe which is quite a place. Uncle Harry finally seemed to realize that I had been fed up upstairs, and he said that the other publications did not compare, so he hustled me off before I could, finish my doughnut. Across the street he took me upstairs in a building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/1/1934 | See Source »

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