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Word: engineeer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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In Sandy Lake, Manitoba, aged Paul Boychuk, miller, proudly inspected a giant grist-grinder which he had invented many years ago. It included a strange lumber framework, a steam engine, a mighty boulder whirling rapidly in air. As he watched, the revolving stone split into countless fragments. A 150-lb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Grocer | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

¶ Baited to reveal what the Government had done, if anything, about unemployment was Minister of Unemployment J. H. ("Jim") Thomas, onetime engine cleaner, easy-going demagog. As he approached the House of Parliament Mr. Thomas was escorted by a man who had loaded himself with rusty iron chains and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Parliament Opens | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

Boyhood in Manhattan. "I remember as a small boy going with my father to the Atlantic Garden and listening to the lady musicians. . . . My sister and I were given chocolate to drink, and huge slices of cake, while the elders drank their beer. . . . When I was ten years old, I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Politics and Sprigs | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

In Rockville Center, L. I., a fire-alarm clanged, roused the Live Oak Volunteer Engine Co., which sped in search of the fire. After dashing vainly about the town, they learned that their fire house was alight, had almost burned down.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

In the U. S. one automobile chugs for every 5.1 persons who walk. In Britain the proportion is 1 to 41.1. Last week British motormen did their best to split the 41, crowd more automobiles on British highways, by opening their annual Automobile Show at Olympia, London's spectacle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Motor Show | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

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