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Word: dieses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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When a man dies, his deeds come to life again for a moment. Major General William J. Behan, aged 87, died last week of heart disease in New Orleans and the South remembered him as a hero, not only of the Confederate Army, but of the White League, which battled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Negro Congressman? | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

Dr. Alvan L. Barach was chosen as consultant because he has developed the oxygen tent which has already saved many otherwise hopeless cases of pneumonia. The pneumonia patient generally suffocates to death. The lungs become congested, he cannot take in enough air to keep alive, he gasps, coughs, turns blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pneumonia Flight | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

Astrology being what it is, the child, growing apace, shows little inclination or aptitude for warfare, and indifferently watches his warrior father fare forth to battle, return victorious; fare forth again, return defeated; fare forth a third time to fetch Princess Guzisur, Temugin's 14-year-old affianced bride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wine, Women and Sword | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

James Stephens, Irish romancer, mystic, poet, writes seven new stories and never names a character. So universal are the loves, fears, hates and desires, that the generic term suffices: a man, a woman, he, they. He brings to them much of the intensive insight into human fears and frailty, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: He, They | 4/16/1928 | See Source »

"In the meantime, the King dies. In order that the story be up-to-date, the children find the Queen in mourning among the lilies of the Black Sea, which is not black, but blue. Here the American child takes leave of the Queen. The child awakens and recognizes its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Legacy, Confidences | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

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