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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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> 21-year-old Don McNeill of Oklahoma City, a dynamic player with faultless court manners who, although ranked 13th, has twice defeated Baron Gottfried von Cramm (generally considered the world's best amateur) and last month trounced Bobby Riggs in straight sets in the final of the French championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hot Shots | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

> 23-year-old Gene Mako of Los Angeles, who has played doubles (with Don Budge) on three Davis Cup teams and will probably be selected for the doubles again this year (maybe with Parker) if he can keep his mind off swing bands and the drums he loves to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hot Shots | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

Founded by Don Torcuato Luca de Tena, who was made a marqués for his work, A. B. C. was long considered Spain's No. 1 newspaper. During the World War A. B. C. built a great new printing establishment and Don Torcuato never bothered to deny rumors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Last Editions | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

During the civil war the paper was in Republican hands, but the founder's son, Don Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, continued to publish a Monarchist A. B. C. in Seville. When Franco took Madrid, Don Juan Ignacio got his paper back and immediately began publishing it in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Last Editions | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

Though 61-year-old Lionel Barrymore makes expert use of his wheel chair, a prop dear to a character actor as sword & cloak to a romantic hero, in scene-stealing honors 8-year-old Bobs Watson comes off best. Youngest son of an oldtime actor who has four other children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 17, 1939 | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

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