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Word: catting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reviewing Harold Lloyd's new film, The Cat's Paw, your critic tells how "the son of a Chinese missionary (Harold Lloyd) ... returns to his hometown to find himself a wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 10, 1934 | 9/10/1934 | See Source »

Inspector Evans warned correspondents that "To speak to them would be a violation of a tradition of the Royal Family." Prince George, however, was too happy to stand upon tradition. With Princess Marina on his arm he cried: "The cat's out of the bag! It was all sudden and unexpected. I don't know when the wedding will be but we're both most happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Court Circular | 9/10/1934 | See Source »

From Columbia, S. C., Governor Ibra Charles Blackwood dispatched two constables "to see what can be done about the nudist situation" on Cat Island, off Georgetown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 3, 1934 | 9/3/1934 | See Source »

...human eye, the part appears to be standing still. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have used mercury vapor stroboscopes in connection with a super-fast camera to record the impact of a golf club with the ball, the splash of a drop of milk, a shattering glass bulb, a cat whipping over in midair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Stop-Light | 9/3/1934 | See Source »

...means chiefly a 100,000-acre patch of sandy land in East Texas where geologists, oil promoters, wild-cat speculators rushed by the thousands in October 1930 to plant a forest of derricks almost overnight. Despite everything the Federal Government could do to curb its lawless elements, East Texas has persistently produced more than its Federal quota. In that hottest spot on the oil map, "hot oil" has been a fighting word for years. Last week, the Texas Railroad Commission was still impotent to stop "hot oil." This week the State of Texas, led by Governor Miriam ("Ma") Ferguson, will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Deterding on Oil | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

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