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Word: dashings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sinister profile, Swindler Paul explains to them that he forged the securities they hold for his prior loans; if they do not lend him 100,000,000 francs more, he will ruin them. This bit of blackmail lands Paul in Devil's Island. To Rio de Janeiro promptly dash Paul's dog-faithful bodyguard Dirk (rough-and-humble Victor McLaglen) to tend bar, Paul's lissome wife Irene (Sigrid Gurie) to resume her career as a cabaret songster, both to plot Paul's release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 9, 1939 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...Bill Brown in the B backfield who bore the brunt of the shock troops' sole successful sally. Following a 17-yard dash, Brown carried again in from the 11 for the score. Frazier Curtis place-kicked for the extra point...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: CRIMSON VARSITY SHINES IN NINTH DAY OF CONTACT | 9/29/1939 | See Source »

Thus far the resolve holds sway over the hatred. But let the Allies begin to lose ground. Let the French millions dash themselves to pieces on the Westwall and the German juggernant begin to roll. Then will a huge wave of propaganda sweep over the nation, rivalled only by a new wave of natural sympathy for the Allied cause. The result will be a sea of passion almost impossible to contain. Then will the resolve crumble and the hatred arise. And then America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL | 9/23/1939 | See Source »

...Kaiser had when his war ended. British raiders were also in evidence, preying on German shipping. Total losses for the week: Germany, four ships, 14,764 tons; Allies, 16 ships, 89,841 tons. Mystery of the week: where was the Bremen, unreported twelve days after her dash out of New York Harbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Angry Athenians | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

...Crimson opens its season with Bates on October 7. After a quick dash west to conclude a home-and-home series with the University of Chicago, the Varsity faces one of its toughest foes of the year, Pennsylvania. Following in successive weeks are Dartmouth, Princeton, Army, New Hampshire, and Yale. Only the Chicago and Princeton games will be played on foreign soil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIGSKIN VETERANS SCARCE THIS YEAR | 9/1/1939 | See Source »

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