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Word: forwarded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...name "J. H. Rosny" passes for that of a talented novelist, but in Paris one knows better. When there come strolling down the leafy Champs Elysees, arm in arm, the brothers J. H. H. Boex, 71, and S. J. F. Boex, 68, then it is time to dart forward, shake their hands, and congratulate these two twinkling-eyed old gentlemen on the latest success of Novelist "J. H. Rosny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Humiliating Experiences | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

...moment. The Jenkins device included a safety catch released only by the contact of the plane with its landing surface. When this catch releases, the pilot can "shift gears," reversing the pitch of his propeller blades so that the pressure they beat up pushes the plane backward instead of forward. If reliable, the Jenkins invention promised to be even more effective than the wheel brakes already in use on land planes. Wheel brakes can be thrown out of commission by a heavy landing. The reversible-blade brake will function as long as the motor runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Brake | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

...Patrick left his flivver running, for the emergency, and hurried forward with his small black grip at the ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Country Doctor | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

Hopping, Dr. Patrick followed his leader into a Pullman filled with hushed excitement. He was led to a man violently ill in a drawing-room. As Dr. Patrick bent forward to begin an examination, the long train trembled and jolted. It was moving forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Country Doctor | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

Billy was drawing the window curtains apart and asking Dr. Watson if he wanted to see the people across the street who were watching them. "Watson had taken a step forward when the bedroom door opened, and the long, thin form of Holmes emerged, his face pale and drawn, but his step and bearing as active as ever. With a single spring he was at the window, and had drawn the blind once more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Jul. 18, 1927 | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

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