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Word: handedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week no Democrat, high or low, New or Old Deal, cared to take his political life in his hands, suggest brutal tax increases. The shadow of 1940 lay heavy on the grey Capitol, the gleaming White House. Ancient, ham-handed "Old Muley" Bob Doughton of North Carolina, chairman of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Death and Taxes | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

"They [the Nazis] have not chosen to molest the British Fleet, which has awaited their attack in the Firth of Forth during last week. They recoil from the steel front of the French Army along the Maginot Line. But their docile conscripts are being crowded in vast numbers upon the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Words for War | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Practice was carried on in routine fashion yesterday afternoon as Coach Dick Harlow handed out the final dose of hard work to his men in preparation for tomorrow's game. There was the customary display of Cadet plays and formations, the usual amount of hopeful pass offense, and finally some...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Fran Lee and Gene Lovett Probable Starters Against Soldiers Tomorrow | 11/10/1939 | See Source »

At 11:15 Miss Hopper stepped up to the Roosevelt door, rang and rang, roused up a friend, who roused up James Roosevelt. Samuel Goldwyn's Vice President appeared in a woollen bathrobe, one foot slippered, the other bare. Said he graciously: "Oh, hello, Hedda." Miss Hopper handed him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Jimmy Gets It | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

The Green yearlings were rated heavy favorites over Coach Stahley's eleven in pre-game predictions by virtue of their undefeated record. They had already handed out decisive defeats to the Holy Cross and Boston College first-year men, and the opposition offered by the Crimson cubs was stiffer than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Papooses Romp 23-14 Over Yardling Football Team | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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