Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...front cover page of your issue of Jan. 4 is a lousy insult to every faithful wife and mother...
...which was known to be a fib. This so incensed Queen Wilhelmina that Her Majesty named to act as a witness in his place Professor Jan Huizinga, a Dutch writer of tart anti-Nazi tracts, under whom the Crown Princess once studied history. German correspondents who had come to cover the wedding promptly left The Hague in a huff, all except...
Allen, as having none of the importance which turned Mrs. Simpson into a Constitutional Crisis. With the Duke & Duchess on its cover, News-Review headed its story "Kent and His Companion," featuring two pictures...
...neglected and scantily treated hole in the squash-player's library. To the beginner there is no comparison in the superiority of his 190-page book over that of Harry Cowles' compressed volume. Skillman proceeds at leisure over the same ground which the "Art of Squash Racquets" tries to cover in 88 pages. He is more precise in his instructions. For example: instead of merely telling the novice always to return to the center of the court, he shows him exactly where his feet should be while waiting at the center. At the back of his book he includes...
...first thing to do is to take the book out of its nest in your dirty laundry in your suitcase. Place it carefully on your desk. Cover it thoroughly with five dirty socks, a towel, your old toothbrush, and the two latest copies of Life. You will never be bothered by that book again. If you are tempted to come close to it sometime during the next few days do not be afraid. Your eye will be caught by one of the new copies of Life (advt.) and you can settle down with it. If you are really resourceful...