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Word: fired (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...done for him there, was content to leave the region's defense to his Chicago headquarters and to Nominee Curtis, who set out from Washington to criss-cross the trails of Smith and Reed for 5,000 miles. Nominee Hoover gave his own attention to the East. Red fire and amplifiers were in readiness for him at Newark, N. J. His Eastern managers redoubled their efforts in very dubious New York and dubious Massachusetts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In the Midlands | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...Great Powers to recognize Nationalist China de facto (TIME, Aug. 6) set Oct. i, 1928 last week as the tentative date for ceremonies amounting to recognition de jure. On that day U. S. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. of the U. S. Yangtze River Patrol proposes to fire a salute, off Nanking, the Nationalist Capital, which will signify that the U. S. Consulate at Nanking has been reopened and normal Sino-U. S. relations resumed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Potent Hero | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

Because of the fact that a long sitting for election returns proves a little weari-some, refreshments in the form of cider, doughnuts and cigarettes will be available. A large fire for the men to gather around at intervals will be burning in the rear of the Living Room. Returns will be tabulated on a large blackboard. Midnight editions of Boston newspapers will be distributed. All arrangements will be made to secure for Union members the most pleasant election evening to be had in Boston and vicinity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BENEFITS OF UNION ARE OUTLINED BY STONE FOR PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS | 9/22/1928 | See Source »

...Fire; smoke, and echoes of combustion struck momentary fear in the hearts of P. B. H. guardians late yesterday afternoon. An alarm was turned in. Emergency bucket brigades were formed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREAT OF FIRE INVADES PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE | 9/22/1928 | See Source »

...Water Hole. As every cinemaddict knows, one of the sure-fire plots is the one about the vivacious, vampy heiress who is kidnaped by either a cowboy or an engineer who wants to tame the shrew. This time it (Jack Holt) is an engineer, though neither rod, bob nor transit appears in the Arizona locale. He abducts Judith (Nancy Carroll) because she won a bet with her cronies that she could make Engineer Randolph propose in a week. Hidden behind a window are the losing cronies who at the proper moment expose themselves, causing prodigious embarrassment to the engineer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 17, 1928 | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

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