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Word: hot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hot news tips reached Manhattan, last week, that slender, weak-chinned King Alfonso XIII had asserted himself, at last, over Spain's paunchy and ruthless Dictator, General Don Miguel Primo de Rivera. The Associated Press thought that soon Don Miguel "may be replaced"; and other news services carried similar stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Lack of Ambient | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

...appeared between the chimneys. From this I gather that it was considered too difficult to "shinny" up the chimney, or perhaps, the conclusion was reached that the chimney was as hot as H although it did not look that way. However, if the enterprising Freshman ever decides to "shinny" up the chimney, the fact should be announced in your columns. P. C. '32 P. S. if you don't print this, do you think the "Lampoon" would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yes | 10/9/1928 | See Source »

...along as though she were singing to herself; like Bobby Jones, her grim determination frightens her opponents and beats them before the match begins. As Bobby Jones beat Perkins 13 up in the Amateur at Braeburn, Collett beat stocky little Van Wie 13 and 12 in the Amateur at Hot Springs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Hot Springs | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...Hoyt have won the Amateur three times. All of them succeeded for the third time when they were older than Collett, who was born in 1903 on the day her father, a famous bicycle rider, won his greatest race at the Paris Velodrome. Some of the women at Hot Springs would doubtless have liked to be cool to the daughter, my dear, of a man who used to be a bicycle jockey. Glenna, however, dressed more smartly, had better manners than many a woman whose fathers won their money without the aid of their sporting instincts. When she drives about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Hot Springs | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

Elmer the Great. Elmer Kane didn't quite know what it was all about but that was something which he refused to admit to himself or anyone else. His girl didn't seem to think he was so hot; all Elmer knew how to do well was to pitch ball, so he took the contract that was offered to him and went south to training camp with the "New Yorks." His teammates kidded him because they thought he was fresh; Elmer, puzzled and proud, started to leave the club. But the boys knew that Elmer wanted to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 8, 1928 | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

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