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Word: hills (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...just a joke between me and Sullivan, but he made a mountain out of a mole hill and let it get into the papers. Now I've got to get him a horse somewhere. I have a couple of plugs up at the poor farm that sin't doing much, so I guess I'll let him have one of them. The trouble is, though, that I think more of the horse than I do of Sullivan, and I don't want to send it out in the cold to catch pneumonia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bossy Gillis, Newburyport Mayor, Thinks Oath Bill Will End Socialism of Harvard Teachers | 2/26/1936 | See Source »

...first & last. And last week he showed what he could do with guns. His main headquarters was also the artillery observation post. Every five minutes scouting planes went out to circle the front. Monotonously their radios droned directions: A body of Ethiopians had gathered behind such & such rocks on hill so & so. Within ten minutes Italian gunners had the range and were dropping high explosives on those same rocks. But it was hard going. Not irregular white-robed tribesmen but regular drilled and uniformed troops were opposing the Italians. They, too, had artillery and knew how to shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: Priest's Hat Taken | 2/24/1936 | See Source »

Also at 12 o'clock on Wednesday I am glad at my heart to note Professor Hill continues his lecture on Mendelssohn. Music Building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 2/18/1936 | See Source »

...prime example of German womanhood, is apparent to everyone. Functioning as an inspiration both to Herr Hitler and her female contemporaries is a job which, for Cinemactress Riefenstahl, is never done. At Garmisch-Partenkirchen last week, much too occupied to engage in her customary practice of skiing up & down hill in a bathing suit to acquire a tan, she was even busier than usual, keeping an expert Nazi eye on winter sports for Führer Hitler and giving visitors to Germany a startling picture of what he thinks German girls should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Games at Garmisch | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

Despite his defeat at the hands of Tony Shucco in ten rounds at the Boston Garden Friday night, the Squire of Chestnut Hill was inclined yesterday to look favorably through a slightly puffed eye at his ring future. "I proved to my own satisfaction that I am in better shape than when I were the crown -- a bit slower, but in better all round condition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jack Sharkey, Noted World's Heavyweight King, Now Serving Boston as Host at Ringside Barroom | 2/11/1936 | See Source »

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