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Word: downes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When it was all over, half the audience applauded, half booed. By the time the second performance came round, even Choreographer Leonide Massine got cold feet, whittled down the plaster-breasted woman's breasts, and draped her in a shawl.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Krafft-Ebing Follies | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

This plan would not only cut B. & M.'s fixed charges (from $7,428,555 to $3,428,555) but considerably reduce its fixed debt instead of just postponing the evil day as the Baltimore & Ohio did under its voluntary scaling down last summer.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Specialists | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Able Banker Vanderploeg's big job will be to restore Kellogg's profits, down last year to $2,174,581 (less than half of 1934-35-36) due mainly to a $2,000,000 increase in operating expenses. Directors last week made it appear that profits are already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: 40 Years Later | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Month ago Rhea's clients were surprised to find with their letter a note saying that because Rhea's illness was worse (he was down to the use of part of only one lung, and was suffering from heart trouble in addition), his Junior Partner Perry Griner would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Prophet in Bed | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Drums Along the Mohawk (20th Century-Fox) continues Producer Darryl Francis Zanuck's probings into the rise of U. S. civilization as exemplified by In Old Chicago, Young Mr. Lincoln. The current example is notable chiefly for its running time (one hour and 43 minutes), a non-stop foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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