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Word: california (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Pressed for an explanation, she said frostily, "I was born in California and brought home to Scotland at the age of two. My early life was spent in Scotland, where people are very kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Strabolgi v. Hanner | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

With disqualifying winds at their backs, Billy Knox, in Maine, and Russell Sweet, in California, last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records: May 13, 1929 | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...them instructors in the Department of English will be enabled to study and travel in England during the summer of 1929. They will visit Oxford and Cambridge Universities while there. The winners of these scholarships are: Warner G. Rice, Ph.D. '27. Instructor in English: Lawrence S. Wright, University of California '24, Instructor in English: Marston S. Balch, A.M. '25: Robert J. Allen, A.M. '28: Mark W. Eccles A.M. '28: Hyman T. Silverstein A.M. '27; Claude M. Newlin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWENTY GRANTS OF FELLOWSHIPS MADE | 5/7/1929 | See Source »

...Fresno, Frank Wykoff of Glendale Junior College and Charles Borah of the University of Southern California tied the 100-yd. dash record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Relays, Records | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...airport. She stayed there all afternoon, all night, all the next morning, part of the next afternoon. When she alighted she had established a new solo endurance flight record for women: 26 hrs., 21 min. 32 sec.-4½ hrs. more than the previous record (Louise McPhetridge Thaden of California). Miss Smith told about being airsick: "I ate an orange but it wouldn't stay put. . . . Then I tried a tomato but it had a round trip ticket, too. I drank some water and it was the same story over again so I finally got tired and gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights & Flyers: May 6, 1929 | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

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