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Word: darbs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strong! He was a darb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Food for Light Thought | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Your D. A. R. story was a darb. As one who, although descended from revolutionary warriors, has always enjoyed laughing at this aristocratic organization I can't thank you enough. Ever since I read Rabble in Arms and Drums Along the Mohawk I've been unable to reconcile the haughty dames with the haggard, dirty, ragged, hungry and thieving horde that fought well but didn't put on half so good a show as we get today from its descendants. Pardon me while I go out and wave a red flag so our friends can call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 16, 1938 | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

...Hardy's wife. Stupid Charley Chase does not know that he has nearly precipitated a domestic crisis. He plants a fat wallet on the floor, continues to paddle arriving Sons of the Desert when they stoop to pick it up. This trick he considers a "darb." In Sons of the Desert, Charley Chase makes his first appearance in a full length picture. His rôle shows him to less advantage than the series of two-reel Hal Roach comedies which, since 1930, have made him one of Hollywood's most famed funnymen. Charley Chase's value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 15, 1934 | 1/15/1934 | See Source »

...decided to use the program as a sustaining feature speaks for itself. The stations must have listen ers - this is their stock in trade - and to have listeners they must give worthwhile sustaining programs. We eagerly wait for Friday night, Sept. 9, at 8:30 o'clock. MIRIAM DARB...

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

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