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Word: girls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prince George−dear me . . . young and good looking, and heart whole and fancy free. Do you suppose there is a girl in California who will have a moment's peace while the prince is here . . . deep eyes and such a voice of mellow sweetness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Monarchisms | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...Luckee Girl. Having borrowed their title from a well-known article of feminine apparel and the refrain of their best song ("Come On Let's Make Whoopee") from the works of a well-known drama critic (Walter Winchell, who, on the ground of an antique enmity, was denied entrance to the premiere), the Brothers Shubert were content to borrow the rest of their second musical production of the week from a thousand previous productions of the same kind. The lucky girl is a midinette who, after an innocent cohabitation with the hero in the environs of Montparnasse, almost loses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 24, 1928 | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...SILENT HOUSE−Chinamen, in the heart of London, doing things they shouldn't to a nice girl (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 24, 1928 | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

Edwardian. This son, Nicholas, married a spirited girl who brought to Babyon Court a virile zest for life, but lost it in the murky shadows of the portrait gallery. Frightened by the black sneer of Hariot and Isabella, she rushed from the gallery, fell stumbling down the broad staircase, and lost her unborn child. She never had another, for Nicholas, last of the Babyons, was old and bitter and resigned, given to eerie moods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tainted | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...ghastly corpse sprawls on the floor, a curious dagger still quivering in its side. The wall-safe gapes open−gone the twin heirloom emeralds, gone the royal Russian ruby. A slip of a girl cowers by the curtain, hand to throat, wide eyes glued to the horrid spectacle. Thunderous knocking at the door−the police! Quavering housekeeper opens; gusty storm blows her grey wisp of hair, flash of lightning glitters in her twin green (emerald green) eyes. Blustering sergeant finds cigaret case initialed J. S. "A plant," sneers John Smith, master detective, who has appeared suddenly in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

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