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Word: hung (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same number of strokes as the barnstorming British Professionals Harry Vardon & Ted Ray, the U. S. Open Golf Championship ended in a three-way tie. Identical scores of 284, after three days of nerve-racking play over the sun-baked Spring Mill course of the Philadelphia Country Club, were hung up by Craig Wood, Denny Shute and Byron Nelson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Triple Tie | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...Berlin one day last week all workers were given a half holiday with pay. Factories, shops and offices hung out yards of gay Yugoslav flags distributed by Propaganda Minister Dr. Goebbels, while their employes marched in masses to allotted cheering stations along the troop-lined streets. Out of his special train stepped puzzled-looking, Oxford-bred Regent Prince Paul, whom Germans quickly nicknamed "Prince Charming." In his most winning manner Herr Hitler greeted the Prince while Frau Göring handed Princess Olga, the Regent's wife, a bouquet of roses, welcomed her to Naziland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Spider and Fly | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

Joachie Hubert, an unemployed Manhattan waiter, believes that a child who steals should be ruthlessly punished. When his 12-year-old son, Joachie Jr., stole $3 from his mother's purse, Joachie Hubert hung a sandwich sign over his son's shoulders, marched with him to school. The sign said: I AM A THIEF. I STOLE MY MOTHER'S MONEY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Father and Son | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

...made up. As she walked homeward along the shore around the harbor, a moon began to rise. It appeared diffused through the misty, foggy veil. Off, a little to itself, a new sloop was anchored. It rocked gently in the wash, its spar swaying a little. Above it hung a single faint star...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...spring again. Somewhere the sun will shine, and great clouds trundle away or crumble in the blue like fallen ramparts. Somewhere a housewife will wipe her red hands upon her apron and smile down at the first bewildering crocus. Along Marlborough Street the neat old gentlemen will have belatedly hung up their Chesterfields and derbies. Somewhere, yes. But here? Here there is a terrifying notice posted. So swivel your eyes and your thoughts back to this book, Vag. The notice say: "Regular meetings in all courses will conclude...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

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