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Word: fleetness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...five after one." But these gaucheries and the stiffness of many of the cast may be forgotten if you submit yourself to the best musical score on Broadway, the creation of a little Austrian kapellmeister whose farewell concert in London (1849) was followed by a triumphal exodus on a fleet of barges down the Thames when he heard, for almost the last time, the strains of his own "Blue Danube" ringing in his ears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...started all games in this berth, to show any marked improvement. Putnam has exhibited a fine brand of running this season but it does not seem likely that his shift will be permanent. He also took his old job of directing the team for a while yesterday and Mays, fleet Sophomore flash stepped in at half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORWEEN SHIFTS BACKS FREELY IN LONG SIGNAL DRILL | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

...paneled office in the Standard Oil building (No. 26 Broadway) looks down from 20 stories into New York Harbor. The work done there consists chiefly in administering the billion-dollar Rockefeller fortune. Rev. Basil Jellicoe, cousin of Earl Jellicoe (John Rushworth) (Commander of the British grand fleet during the War), applied for a license to open in London a "pub" (public house) called "The Anchor."* "I hope to operate it to show how public houses can and should be run. I think we should make a profession of the publican - a great, an honorable profession. For that reason I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...Booma, fleet end, veteran of three campaigns and a tower of defence on the Green's left side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NUMBERS TO WATCH IN TODAY'S GAME | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

...Harding, fleet end who joined the immortals last week-end when he grabbed Wood's pass and made Harvard's final score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NUMBERS TO WATCH IN TODAY'S GAME | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

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