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Word: feet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Shields' face whitened, a spurt of scarlet doused his shirtfront, he tumbled to the ground. The onlookers were men of stone. Suddenly they all laughed loudly. Chagrined and crestfallen. Shields got to his feet. The laughter was hectic and cruel. Abraham Lincoln had loaded his musket with squashy, scarlet-juiced pokeberries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Lincoln-Shields Duel | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...Harry Payne Whitney (nee Gertrude Vanderbilt), sculptress, returned to Manhattan on the storm-battered Paris, after working for two months on a statue of Christopher Columbus, 100 feet high, for the Port of Palos, Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...lifeboat manned by young Chief Officer Harry Manning and eight oarsmen from the crew. The bow oar spoke Italian. In a shrieking wind, a tortured sea, the lifeboat drew near the Florida. The bow oar translated Officer Manning's commands to the derelict crew. The lifeboat stood off 50 feet, imperiled by wash from the listing vessel, and took off 32 men, with Capt. Favaloro last. Some of the men had prepared knives and poison to commit suicide. They were starved, half-naked, half-crazy. Capt. Fried and Officer Manning got them all aboard the America, landed them in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Again, Fried | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...tavern achieved a place in the scheme of things in a number of ways. No expense had been spared to provide every convenience for the merchants. The seven story pile was surmounted by a dome which a periodical of the day describes as "elegant and spacious, . . . 100 feet 10 inches circumference, the base protected by a handsome railing, within which is a seat and box, containing a perspective glass, used daily to ascertain the shipping entering the harbor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Antiquated Ledger Shows Once Prominent Position of Boston Exchange Coffee House---Rendezvous of Leaders | 2/1/1929 | See Source »

Professor Hart then launched into an explanation of the Washington bi-centenary celebration in 1932. "The most beautiful boulevard in the world, costing $4,250,000 will be completed by that year. It will extend for 14 miles between Washington and Mt. Vernon, will be 200 feet wide, and," he added with a chuckle, "the appropriation was passed by Congress a few days ago, but the newspapers seem to have overlooked it." Professor Hart explained that he is now engaged in the preparation of a 25-volumes edition of Washingtoniana. This edition will contain photographic copies of every known...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Albert Bushnell Hart Hails Find of Washingtoniana in Old Trunk | 1/29/1929 | See Source »

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