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Word: heard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Friends of "career men" were disappointed when they heard that the desirable portfolio to Peru was to be entrusted to large, loquacious Alexander Pollock Moore (see THE CABINET...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Mar. 12, 1928 | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Honolulu, one George P. Mossman made a ukulele that can be heard a half a mile away. Ukuleleman Mossman once worked for fifteen years to make a perfect violin, gave it up finally on the grounds that the violin was not a local instrument. His ukuleles since, have earned him the title of "Hawaiian Strad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Do Re Mi | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Charles Augustus Lindbergh flew to Albany, along with other famed aviators, to speak in favor of the New York program. He was heard with wild enthusiasm by a joint session of the New York Legislature, which had not gathered to hear a stranger from without since Prince Henry of Prussia went to Albany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Law & Order | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Story. When Anne India heard of the death of her cousin Tomlin, she exulted in life's restored cleanliness. Cousin Tomlin had been born with a little horn above his left ear. It had vanished during his babyhood leaving only a corneous spot on his skull; but people were glad when Tomlin died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: One Man's Meat | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Spring may be almost here. The Lampoon has indulged in its annual hoax. The Advertiser is printing more and more love scandals in its daily columns. Even the Dean feels the effects now that he has almost finished with the results of the Mid Years. The last has been heard of the Prom and its inevitable crashers. Somewhere vaguely ahead are the April Hours. Yes, perhaps the student is right, and spring is not very far over the horizon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IF WINTER GOES | 3/7/1928 | See Source »

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