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Word: fors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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* There were men on first and second. Second-Baseman Wambsganss caught a line drive, stepped on second base for his second out, then tagged the runner racing from first.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Indoor Baseball | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

The race horse Equipoise (1928-38) was a big daisy on the U. S. turf. In six years of racing he won $338,610 for his owner, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. In 51 starts he finished first 32 times.* He was descended through a line of thoroughbreds from the great English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Whale Y. Horse | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

So many ideas of this specific gravity were sent in that the authorities got to skimming them over rather hurriedly, perhaps missing a few that had some actual value. The story is still current in Britain that in 1915 a gunner submitted a device for plotting the course of attacking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ideas for War | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

>Artillery shells filled with gravel which would spray muddy terrain in No Man's Land, make good footing for attacking infantry.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ideas for War | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Such ear-slitting, said Eliot and Eleanor Clark last week, is no more painful than piercing for old-fashioned earrings. The rabbits are placid and happy, wear warm grey flannel pajamas, take vacations in Europe, occasionally feast on ice cream and cake.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rabbit Windows | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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