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Word: got (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Capitol, invited the newsmen there to help themselves. They tried to, but could not remove the tightly bound wire around the case, whereupon Homer Bone made a sardonic and highly characteristic remark. Said he: "Do you mean that with all the knockers around here you fellows haven't got a hammer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 7, 1938 | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...dawn John Deering was taken to the prison courtyard, strapped in a chair, a cap over his head, a target over his heart. At Sheriff S. Grant Young's orders, five deputies raised their rifles and John Deering got what he asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: By the Sword | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...Haff, Eliot end who snatched a pass one-handed Tuesday, almost got away for a score before the half when he caught a long one tossed by Brow, but was nailed by "Ringer" Wiley Mayne on a shoestring tackle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans, Deacons Eke Out Slim Wins, Tie for First at House Football Finish | 11/4/1938 | See Source »

...general consensus of opinion in an informal survey conducted yesterday was that after Scotch and Rum, wine-dealer the popular beverage. One wine-dealer growled, "What Harvard guys want, I haven't got: Wheeskey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Men Like Scotch, Rum Best, Local Liquor Men State | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

...rest of the picture they amuse themselves by a sleepy race on rocking horses, frightening five cocker spaniel puppies and misbehaving at the tea table. To an outsider the only plausible excuse for the Dionnes' attitude is that they feel themselves underpaid. For their first picture they got only $50,000 which was mere diaper pin money. Their present contract calls for $300,000 plus royalty but their next one should be even more favorable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures: New Pictures: Oct. 31, 1938 | 10/31/1938 | See Source »

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