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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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¶ Silver-headed Paul Vories McNutt last week reared up on his fine hind legs, revealed that his status as 1940'$ leading If man is causing him considerable pain. Addressing Indiana University footballers, Paul McNutt touched on stories that he is 1) a stalking horse for Mr. Roosevelt; 2...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: 1940 | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

For the past two years, Tennist Don Budge has been chosen as the No. 1 athlete of the U. S. In 1936 it was Sprinter Jesse Owens; in 1935 it was Boxer Joe Louis. Last week the 60 U. S. sportswriters from whom the Associated Press culls the annual vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sixty-Minute Man | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Mayor Hartsfield urged every Atlanta woman and maid to put on hoop skirts and pantalets, appealed to every Atlanta male to don tight trousers and a beaver, sprout a goatee, sideburns and Kentucky colonel whiskers. He also requested citizens not to tear off the clothes of visiting movie stars, as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: G With the W | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

A descendant of Norman pirates, Porter Sargent is no Anglophobe, believes that "an Englishman, at his best, is the finest creature nature so far has produced, with the exception of a Chinaman at his best." But much as he loves Englishmen, he loves debunking more. Says he: "I don'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sargent's Bulletins | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

But if I don't, dear Santa Claus,

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: To Santa | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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