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Word: fairs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will die within the next six months," said Paul Whiteman in 1934. Since then, not only has it made the phonograph record industry worth a small mint, but it has shown nightclub owners and theatre operators that life is something besides a bowl of red ink. The San Francisco Fair wasn't doing too well until Benny Goodman and cohorts arrived on the scene. And we doubt very much that Mr. Whalen has been booking swing bands for the New York Fair because he likes their brand of "jump" music...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 9/30/1939 | See Source »

...other stops were made at New York, for the Fair, and at Guantanamo, a naval base in Cuba. A stop in Charleston, South Carolina, was cancelled on account of infantile paralysis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NROTC Students Make Training Run | 9/26/1939 | See Source »

...face is fair. She was a pretty child. Ten years she grew and budded for tonight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Peace | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

When the slight poet who himself fought in the World War had finished speaking, the class of '43 rose to its feet and uncertainly sang the first stanza of "Fair Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MacLeish Tells '43 to Look Beyond War; 899 Freshmen Run Memorial Hall Gantlet | 9/23/1939 | See Source »

Twenty World's Fair midgets, who registered for German military duty with Manhattan's German Consulate. Cracked an observer: "They'd be hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Names | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

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