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Word: fittingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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¶Standing in Arlington National Cemetery over the grave of the Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day, 1921, Warren G. Harding declared: "There must, there shall be a commanding voice of conscious civilization against armed warfare. . . . Knowing that the world is noting this expression of the Republic's mindfulness, it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: Nov. 18, 1935 | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

Schiaparelli's erstwhile cutter, the Court heard, introduced a trimming of orange blossoms at the neck, which he cut like a monk's cowl, otherwise left the royal wedding gown glove-fitting and unadorned.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Tiaras, Tusk & Tiff | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

A dental hygienist from Michigan read a paper on the history of the toothbrush. Lithe Dr. Julius Hughes of Atlanta scored 76 and 73 in the golf tournament to walk away with the low gross in Class A. There was a plantation dance in the Municipal Auditorium. A resolution was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tooth Talk | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

In Roseau, Minn., Leon Plant, 65, indignantly refusing State and Federal relief, retired to keep house in a big, snug butter churn with a tight-fitting trap door (see cut), which he inherited four years ago from a former employer.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Home | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

The gentleman with the 12 -gauge double-barrel shotgun. He is right where he belongs - with his posterior perched on a bench. With those shiny, tight-fitting riding boots I'll guarantee that if he is foolhardy enough to venture "up the trail," he'll need someone to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 11, 1935 | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

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