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Word: em (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sheriff Guy Joiner of Boss Crump's Shelby County made a face. "Should these so-called State police show up in this county carrying pistols," said he, "I'll put every one of 'em in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Justice for Kohn | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...remembered player of the name. Upon being assured that Conant was the bona fide president of Harvard, the better half of "Me and Paul" declared, "He is dead right, he's O.K.; there's a plenty of rich guys that shoot their kids off to college and then watch 'em fold up and get useless." Thoughtfully he added, "It's a pity, that's what it is, a pity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JEROME H. DEAN COMMENDS PLAN OF JAMES B. CONANT | 5/24/1938 | See Source »

Dean seemed to want to know more about "this guy Conant," so he was informed of the Hicks question. This was a little too baffling, however, and he was more interested in telling his interviewer about how he was "gonna mow 'em down" after ten days or so. The pride of Deanville also had no comment to make on the Littauer School of Public Administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JEROME H. DEAN COMMENDS PLAN OF JAMES B. CONANT | 5/24/1938 | See Source »

This one does because this one has reached the conclusion, after listening to oodles of 'em, that a liberal is whoever says he is a liberal and liberalism is whatever any liberal says it is. And it is a handy thing to have at a picnic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 23, 1938 | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...added attraction, a Manhattan nightclub with an eye for publicity introduced to its patrons last week a zebra (see cut) with a hangdog expression, accompanied by Frank ("Bring 'Em Back Alive") Buck. To the great delight of photographers, the zebra, after posing wearily for its picture, shook itself from head to foot, tripped Tamer Buck, sent him sprawling to his knees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Capers | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

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