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Word: droving (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more ago Chief White Calf, leader of the Piegan and last head of the Blackfoot federation, made his name great. Sometimes he warred with the Crows and Gros Ventres. Generally he showed his wisdom by keeping on good terms with the Great White Father. When James Jerome Hill drove the tracks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Greater Son | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

...Rutgers one day last week 34 members of Lambda Chi Alpha were at luncheon when up drove a truck from which 700 gal. of fuel were piped into the tank of their oil-burning furnace. After luncheon all but nine members went off to classes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Nine at Rutgers | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

...officials refused to give the Count time to patch the hole in the Barracuda's bow. It made small difference in the result. His teammate Becchi, veteran automobile and motorboat racer, who wears plugs in his ears because years of driving high-powered motors have made them oversensitive, drove to his third consecutive victory in his cigar-shaped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Finals | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

...still an unconsidered gangsterling, made another attempt to show the world by holding up his benefac tress, Amy, shot her by mistake. Oliver, his eye on forensic laurels, foolishly took the job of defending him. Oliver's smoothly resentful colleagues tricked him into a felony, wrecked his career, drove him out of town. Carolyn would have gone with him, but he ran away from her. Author Zugsmith's Manhattan, a city of slums, grimy schools, furtive assignations, venal officials, speakeasies, dingy hall bedrooms, cigar-stuffy offices and law courts, is not a pleasant metropolis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Replacement | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

...former protector, the janitor of Harvard Hall, Sarah, Yard eat and mouser extraordinary, is now anticipating a blessed event under the sponsorship of the Stoughton janitor. Sarah has been biologically different of late and a brood of kittens is expected within the next two weeks. Her former protector drove her out, not desiring the confusion and flurry always attendant up on childbirth. The Stoughton janitor, however, a farsighted and economically-minded man, has plans in store for the brood. He will expect them to earn their unkeep by being rented out for mousing throughout the Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sarah, Yard Cat, Expects, Brood of Kittens Shortly | 3/23/1934 | See Source »

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