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Word: directionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The U. S. Weather Bureau began functioning last week to protect flying all the way across the continent. In a 400-mi. wide strip from Los Angeles to San Francisco to New York, 60 weather reporting stations have been organized. Day and night they report local meteorological conditions to collecting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Transcontinental Weather | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

William Tatem Tilden II, 36, was defeated last week. Four games he won in the first set, only one in the second. In the third Henri Cochet was leading him 5-1. Suddenly, for a moment, returned the Tilden touch. His serves streaked into the court, changed direction when they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wimbledon | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

Sale of Bamberger's to Macy's (the price was not announced) resulted largely from Louis Bamberger's desire to retire from active direction of his business. Said he: "I am getting old [74] and want to be relieved of active management of the business which I founded. It is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Bamberger to Macy | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

One morning last week the telephone jangled in the office of Idaho's Senator William Edgar Borah. The British Embassy was calling. Could Senator Borah see the British Ambassador? Yes-the next day. Punctual for his appointments. Sir Esme Howard arrived at the Senate Office building, found his way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Unusual, Proper | 7/1/1929 | See Source »

The Constant Nymph (British). This silent adaptation of Margaret Kennedy's novel has faults which no U. S. producer would have allowed. The lighting is bad; the direction is prosaic; the photography is dull except for some fine shots of the Austrian Tyrol; the actors are obviously actors; the subtitles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jun. 24, 1929 | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

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