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Word: desiree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The Significance. This not only should be but probably will be one of the celebrated novels of the year. The author's real desire to interest, inform, amuse and move her reader is felt and fulfilled without visible effort. There is wit, grace, fine feeling and a style which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 9/27/1926 | See Source »

"The Freshman dormitories, which now house practically every Freshman living in Cambridge, do a great service insofar as they tend to unify the class as no other system could. But the danger is that continual contact among themselves will make Freshmen gregarious. It is the sincere desire of the Student...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT ADVISERS TO MEET 1930 TOMORROW | 9/23/1926 | See Source »

If I Was Rich. Desire in the shipping room goads a clerk to seek dubious paths to sudden wealth. He forces his way into Long Island society, only to learn that the straight and narrow path is, after all, the best. The little wife will have to wait for her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Sep. 13, 1926 | 9/13/1926 | See Source »

"It would, however, require a very powerful organization to combat the almost universal desire of European musicians to come to America."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Survey | 9/13/1926 | See Source »

EAST OF MANSION HOUSE - Thomas Burke-Doran ($2). A Cockney urchin once gazed through the musty windows of an old Chinaman's store in the India Dock Road and experienced some-thing unforgettable. Whether it was a glory, a wisdom or a peace passing understanding, the urchin has never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 9/13/1926 | See Source »

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