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Word: contem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...William H. Long of Somerville, N. J. sat in their home, contem plating the rock garden which had won a silver medal in a garden contest last year, and which they hoped would win a gold medal this year. Suddenly an automobile bounded from the road, crossed the curb, plunged into the garden, ripped through vines and hedges, plowed up flower beds, gouged an eight-foot gash in the side of the house, tore away the ivy that had been trained up the wall since 1914, uprooted a four-ton stepping stone, piled up against a maple tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 18, 1932 | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

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