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Word: enormouse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Andrew Kan, Chinese merchant of Seattle, recently returned from the great oriental Republic, says the world has gone " Mah Jongg mad." Mr. Kan should know. He went to China to place orders for a half a million sets, but was only able to obtain a fraction of that number, owing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Mah Jongg | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

The sudden increase in motor sales this spring largely caused the increase in tire prices. The ensuing price reduction is in part seasonal, since the heaviest tire sales always occur in the spring and demand slackens by July. But it also indicates that, despite the enormous output of motor vehicles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Cheaper Tires | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

Last week Mr. Slack, in an article in The New York Times, while still somewhat artificially protesting his sincerity, reveals his purpose, in which he was to a degree successful, of getting three million dollars' worth of publicity for nothing. Mr. Slack claims his action was a "rebuke" to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Mr. Slack's Billion | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

Battling Siki, Negro heavyweight, grows stranger week by week. Tex Rickard queried the Senegalese by cable on his terms for a bout with Kid Norfolk in America. Siki's response named such an enormous figure that even the expansive Rickard held up his hands in horror.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: That Senegalese | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

The Barling Bomber is being assembled by the Army Air Service at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. It has a wing spread of 120 feet, a height of 28 feet, measures 65 feet from nose to tail. Fully loaded, the bomber weighs 20 tons, is propelled by six Liberty motors with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: World's Largest Plane | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

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