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Word: golds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Brownsville-Mexico City line (TIME, Tampico, May 27) you state that there are two stops and that the price of the fare is $200 U. S. Cy. There is but one stop and the fare is $100 U. S. Cy., or an equivalent of $200 pesos Mex. Gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 24, 1929 | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...prizes were distributed, from $2,000 in gold and a large silver plaque for Miss Universe, to $100 consolation prizes for minor beauties. Miss Brazil did not even place, was dubbed Miss Also Ran by irreverent telegraphers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Lovely Lisl | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...They set each bottle rump in air, and they oblige it to spit?and this word is a euphemism?the muck that has settled against the cork. . . . The manufacturers, in spite of all difficulties, finally conquer the undisciplined beverage. They stick a label on its belly, slap a gold or silver plaque on its head, and there it is ready to conquer the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Wine of Honor | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

Like many another boxer he plays much golf. He likes cinema and has spent much time studying movies of Jack Dempsey's fights. He wears a gold wristwatch with a black silk band. In his upper jaw he carries two large adjacent gold teeth. When he speaks he gesticulates gracefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Milk & Money | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...late years been trying to offer in the way of an education will know where to direct his smile when he sees a man stride across the platform to receive his degree with a summa or a high magna but looks in vain for any flash of gold dangling from his watch chain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOOL DAYS | 6/18/1929 | See Source »

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