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Word: hugeness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Skirmishers or "little warriors" ; actually irregulars. Not to be confused with gorillas, huge apes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: In Nicaragua | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...with memories of his famed battle "thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks of Vallom-brosa," Germany's greatest warrior showed no sign of emotion as he approached the mammoth octagon memorial, surmounted by huge, lofty towers. Said he to the dense mass of people around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Tannenberg Monument | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...most famed, the Lindbergh receptions this summer. At the Radio World Fair in 1925, he won a solid gold cup (in the form of a microphone) as most popular announcer in the U. S., receiving 189,470 votes out of 1,161,659. He receives a huge "fan" mail, including marriage proposals. He is married to Josephine Garrett, concert and church soprano. His next discourse that will reach the ears of millions will be the World's Series Baseball games, beginning Oct. 5. He is the recipient of many a gift. "Every day is a birthday with Graham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Voices | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...away her next match to a little-known Kansas City wife, Miriam Burns Horn. Mrs. Horn, once western champion, won 1 up. Meanwhile Maureen Orcutt, whose name (someone observed) sounds like a hair tonic, destroyed the alien Miss Mackenzie-2 and 1 Miss Orcutt is metropolitan champion and the huge gallery did not regard her nervousness, revealed by constantly snapping fingers, fatal to the finals. They pointed to jets of cigaret smoke issuing from the obviously nervous nose of Mrs. Horn. This was no way to win a test of physical skill and mental poise, they reasoned. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Cherry Valley | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

Each Friday afternoon Long Island residents have noted a huge limousine rolling placidly about the country. Within they have noted five men sitting around a table. This was the partners' sanctum, and in it for some years the brains of Doubleday, Page & Co. have gathered once a week in conference. A huger limousine will now be seen; a specially constructed Packard with six seats around the table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Book Business | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

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