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Word: fakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...continuance of negotiations. People may properly differ as to the result of such negotiations, but the fact remains that bloodshed was averted." The President thus lined up with Chamberlain and Halifax on the major premise that not only war but a "world war" did actually threaten, that not fake but authentic "bloodshed was averted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Sequel to Munich | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...final quarter, the Bellboys took the ball over for a touchdown on three plays. Norm Blotner broke loose on a fake spinner around left send for 55 yards. Two plays later, Dick Lewis knifed over left tackle for one of the most brilliant runs seen this season, fighting and spinning loose from five Dunster tacklers for a touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Gridmen Down Dunster 14-0 as Lewis Tallies Both Touchdowns to Put Lid on Regular House Football Season | 11/5/1938 | See Source »

...necessary to get the dismembered Czechoslovak Republic reorganized and on its feet. As fast as they are mustered out of the Czechoslovak army, great numbers of recruits will be mustered into the Labor Service, and stern punishment was decreed for the new Czechoslovak crime of giving a man a "fake job," thus exempting from Labor Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Rouse the World! | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

Publicity gags of press agents are always good for another picture when Hollywood production schedules are lagging. Latest edition of this stock subject is "Garden of the Moon." Even the angle adopted here, the creation of a fake Indian maharaja to help plug an unknown orchestra, is anything but the result of a brilliant inspiration. Fortunately, the action frequently moves at a fast and funny pace; but equally unfortunately, the humor is invariably of the delayed reaction type, where the butt of a wisecrack absorbs it five minutes later. Pat O'Brien, who makes a startling reversal of type...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/21/1938 | See Source »

Kirkland kicked off to Adams. Here the 'Coasters, with Whitman flinging the ball to Bixby, Lucey, and Lewis, perforated the Deacon secondary, bringing the ball to pay dirt on a short toss to Lewis. The deciding point was made on the identical pass play from a fake place kick formation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams passes Dazzle Deacons; Bellboys Sink Eliot | 10/19/1938 | See Source »

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