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Word: fense (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Part of the overtone is homeliness: there is a prose poem on turning mattresses and tucking fresh sheets in an old house. Part is swiftness and grace: Mr. Dunnock, before his birds become his angels, skates on the fens like a big bird himself. Part is earthiness: angry yokels plow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Girl into Woman | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

THE SUNKEN GARDEN-Nathalia Crane-Seltzer ($2). With a poet's precision it is told how, on Nov. 23, 1924, the 16-year-old Duchess of Kendal, later to be known as Orena, was cast upon an Afric isle when her yacht was riven with electric bolts from an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Octans and Orena | 6/28/1926 | See Source »

The flip of a coin has given the Jungaleers the slight advantage of being the "home" team. They will occupy the Red Sox dug-out and take the field first. Superstitious Princetonians may look to this break as an omen that the Tigers will maltreat the ball in the slugging...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGER BALL GAME A DOPESTERS' PUZZLE | 6/4/1924 | See Source »

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