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Word: dosing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Trade (equals "Secretary of Commerce"), when he collapsed from joy-shock at seeing his coal bill squeak through committee stage by nine votes, one more than the House gave it at second reading (TIME, Dec. 30). Friends carried out the collapsed President, sent him home for a stiff dose of sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: Mar. 10, 1930 | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

...collects all the dog taxes; its uniformed agents have police powers and carry 38 Colt revolvers, possess summons books and can prosecute offenders in magistrate court. Their duties include the collecting of stray dogs who are then penned together in metal and concrete pens and given a killing dose of carbon dioxide gas if after 48 hours they are unclaimed or deemed unfit to be given away. A. S. P. C. A. agents, aided by state police, last week broke up a cock fight at Goshen, N. Y., arrested 125 men, rescued 49 cocks. Its revenue is derived from members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Nosko's Buster | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

...nearest shoe store. Later when he joined the array, he found out that talking after taps even on Sundays means a stay or two in the guard house The worst of it was that he did not understand the Sergeant the first time and therefore got a double dose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN THE NIGHT CLUBS | 2/12/1930 | See Source »

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