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Word: chessboard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...possibilities of new political alignment with Mr. Coolidge as Pres- ident are extremely various. With one sweep the jokester, Fate, took all the pieces off one side of the political chessboard; then put them back in new arrangement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reins of Power | 8/13/1923 | See Source »

...Lippo Lippi tossed the sinful chessboard into a dark corner when the abbot called him to illuminate the daily chronicle. The monks had found that he had "joined legs and arms to the long music notes, found nose and eyes and china for A's and B's. He had only scorn for the inky-fingered scribblers who drew the Latin script...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLOUSTERED TREASURE | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

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