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Word: couldn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good and logical corollary of TIME'S support of our exciting air growth to support a program for the development of a "safety spirit" among potential airplane passengers. It is no mystery that there exists today the prevalent and discouraging belief that planes are still dangerous. Why couldn't TIME take the lead in dispelling this blight on progress? If any organ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 6, 1938 | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

Olivia De Havilland couldn't be more ravishing and, cast to type, her only convincing scenes are d'Amour. The villainous villain, Sir Guy of Gisbourne, is the able Basil Rathbone. The supporting cast, including the familiar Little John and Friar Tuck, are true to their storybook types, and everybody has a wonderful time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 6/3/1938 | See Source »

...couldn't very well build much further without the cornerstone," said one of the foremen, explaining it was at the base of the granite facing. However, 90 men working for the last two months have not been waiting for the cornerstone ceremonies. In the deep excavation on the site of the old Hemenway Gymnasium, the concrete foundations have already risen well above the ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Littauer To Lay Cornerstone For Graduate School | 5/10/1938 | See Source »

...Vagabond couldn't answer that one. He went back to his shaving. A few minutes later he heard them wrestling in the sitting room. Then before he could stop them, they slammed out the door and went rocking across the quadrangle arm in arm, singing a Harvard song...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

...reached his 55th birthday, the Boston Athletic Association refused to accept his entry blank. Undaunted, Peter Foley began to run his own individual marathon. For years he used to start just one minute after the official field, but gave up that practice when he found that his friends couldn't find him among the crowd of also-rans. This year he gave himself a good head start. At the end of last week's race, refreshing himself with a glass of water, Peter Foley chuckled: "Not the least bit winded-not a bit. Just a sore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Iron Legs | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

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