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Word: fountain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most astounding inventions in recent years has been the development and application of the photo-electric cell. We turn into our drive-way, approach the garage, cross an invisible beam of light, and the garage doors open before us. We stoop over a drinking fountain, and a invisible hand turns on the water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Coach Employs "Electric Eye" to Translate Sprinters Onto Paper; Able to Check on Runner's Speed Acceleration | 11/2/1937 | See Source »

...telephone and although it is listed in the telephone directory of Vatican City as number 101, no one can call him. The apparatus is so constructed that when the number is dialed, the Pope's telephone does not ring. . . . The Pope has surrendered to the use of the fountain pen for signing all his documents, although he unfailingly dips the pen into the inkwell before applying it to the paper. . . . No one ever thinks of filling the pen but the inkwell is always filled. . . . In the Papal State the projection of films is prohibited. The Pope never sees even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Interesting Particulars | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

Dinner, luncheon fountain menus very appetizingly served and not too expensive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DINE AND DANCE | 10/23/1937 | See Source »

...musical comedy that started a dozen years ago. All were born in Newark, Al first (1903), Jimmy next (1905), and Bossprankster Harry last (1908). Their concocted whimsy extends offstage. They attended the Hollywood premiere of Wee Willie Winkie in kilts, once cooled their feet in a Beverly Hills municipal fountain. Sojourning in Manhattan, they like to sit in Lindy's, eating bagels (doughnut-shaped hard bread) and watch Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 11, 1937 | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

Last year's recipient of the award was the "Grotonian" of Groton School, with honorable mention going to the magzines of Fountain Valley School and Choate School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Choate Literary Publication Wins Advocate Prize Award | 9/25/1937 | See Source »

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