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Word: grouper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other faith do good victuals play so big a part as they do in the faith founded and preached by well-fed Dr. Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman. Any Oxford Grouper is at his best conversing politely, radiating earnest goodwill over a plate of food and a glass of plain water. Currently an International Team of 700 Groupers led by Dr. Buchman has been working in Geneva, lobbying spiritually at many a meal. Their efforts seemed to reach a climax when they visited the President of Switzerland (TIME, Sept. 23), but last fortnight that visit was out-climaxed when Dr. Buchman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In Geneva, Groupers | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

...lies the palm-broidered key called Treasure Island by its fun-loving owner Cartoonist John Tinney McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune. Fishing is finer in Nassau than at Bermuda. There is good trolling for sharks, king fish, barracuda, Spanish mackerel, grouper, amberjack right off the mouth of Nassau Harbor. Only 20 mi. away is Andros Island which boasts the world's best bonefishing. Seldom over 2 ft. in length, the bonefish ranks among the world's gamiest. It feeds in extremely shallow water with its tail in the air, has two large bony plates in its mouth instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Winter Islands | 1/26/1931 | See Source »

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