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Word: fores (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there would likewise be less hue and cry about the decadence of American letters. "Well, 'Glory', ole girl . . . they went an' busted up the shipyard; they went an' filled the harbor with bo'ts made o gingerbread an paint, that come a-scurryin' back to their moorin's a fore it blows hard enough to muss a woman's hair. Not much like ye, them yachts. I'd like to see one o'them bo'ts beatin' round the Horn an' up to Californy in ninety-two days! That's what ye done, ole girl! Praise be there's some...

Author: By Burke Boyce, | Title: SHIPS, TRADITION, AND LITERATURE | 11/24/1923 | See Source »

...This was W. B. Casey, who played with Wilmington, Del., in 1884 and with Indianapolis, Western League, the fore part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Casey Challenged | 11/12/1923 | See Source »

...whose levity has caused it such anxious moments. "Mr. Fillmore's" masterpiece appears to be the best parody since Donald Ogden Stewarts "Cruisn of the Kawa", and an even more subtle piece of work. While New York's liberty is probably safe in this case. one is filled with fore boding about the fate of her sense of humor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COFFEE REBELLION | 11/12/1923 | See Source »

...encourage the development of a body of university scholars who by personal acquaintance with French achievements will be in a position to restore in all branches of American public opinion the just status of French science and learning and a better appreciation of France's place in the fore-front of the civilization of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DESCRIBES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FRENCH COLLEGES | 11/8/1923 | See Source »

...Committee on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government was chosen. It worked on plans which were completed last year. Its plan aroused dissension in the Cabinet and never got so far as Congress. Other more pressing matters took its place. Now it has come to the fore once more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: For Efficiency's Sake | 10/22/1923 | See Source »

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