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Word: cigaretes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Moray then walked out, returned to speak again vaguely on the Matrimonial Causes Bill, then walked toward the Throne rolling a cigaret and made as if to strike a match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: Aug. 2, 1937 | 8/2/1937 | See Source »

...tousle-haired, middle-aged artist carrying his charcoal and sandpaper in a tin cigaret box went to Washington one day last week on a routine assignment for the New York Times Sunday magazine. Samuel Johnson Woolf, 57, had done this many times before. He would draw a picture of a newsworthy personage and, while doing it, interrogate his subject enough to make a one-page interview to publish with his charcoal sketch. Sometimes he would jot down a few notes about what the person said on the edge of his drawing, but mostly he relied on his amazingly accurate memory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Journalists' Luck | 7/26/1937 | See Source »

...said. "There was one man who looked gaunt and haggard, who had a man lying on top of him. I got his head on my lap. I noticed his face was getting cold and black. He motioned toward his pocket, and I reached and got a cigaret for him. But it was covered with blood. He said, 'Never mind, you're a good kid, carry on.' He started to say 'Mother' but then he stiffened up. ... I said to the officer at the door, T hope you get a medal for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Cops | 7/12/1937 | See Source »

...little David Rees. By this time defense of the Ryder Cup fell to Gene Sarazen and again Crumley's proved the crucial point. Coming to the 34th hole 1 up on Percy Alliss, Sarazen proceeded to drive into the deep trap. As Captain Hagen excitedly chewed a cigaret on the sideline, Sarazen heroically lifted his ball safely over the bunker to the green, halved the hole. He halved the next one, too, then drove calmly between the dunes, pitched to the green, holed out in 4 to equal Alliss and clinch the Ryder Cup. Two more U. S. victories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Victory at Grumley's | 7/12/1937 | See Source »

...steady contributor and a potent moneymaker for many years, Artist John has been too sick the past year to do any painting at all. In his honor Sculptor Barney Scale submitted a portrait bust whose bearded dignity was little spoiled by the fact that a prankster's lighted cigaret left in the mouth burned a spot that made Artist John look as though he were suffering from a virulent cold sore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: British Academy | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

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