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Word: ib (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Public Printer for Congress and the Government is George H. Carter (salary: $10,000). In his massive red brick plant near Union Station, he heads the largest printing shop in the world. His payroll numbers 4,845. In 1931 he made and used 185,885 Ib. of ink, 83,957 Ib. of bindery glue. He bought $2,692,297 worth of paper on which 88,524,736 copies of Government publications were turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Summer Hangovers | 8/1/1932 | See Source »

Into a Brooklyn police court was haled Tess Gardell, 300-lb. Italian soprano who performs as Aunt Jemima in radio and musical comedy. She was charged with assaulting (jaw, glasses) one Abraham Zimmer (130 Ib.) whose automobile had collided with hers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 25, 1932 | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

...marine engineering feat of recovering, with the salvage ship Artiglio II, gold from the strong rooms of the sunken Egypt, 400 ft. below the surface at a pressure of 177.2 Ib. per sq. in. (TIME. July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Top Feats | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

According to Havana police, the 6 Ib. of dynamite were placed at a street-corner which the President was scheduled to pass in his automobile. An electric cable ran from the bomb to a magneto detonator some distance away. A gardener noticed the wire, called police. They hid near the detonator. A swank motor car drove up. Out stepped Dr. Igacio Mendoza and two other young men-about-town, one his cousin. All were arrested. Just then the President's car appeared. Recognizing the young men. General Machado alighted smiling, insisted on shaking hands with them all, exclaiming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Socialites to Jail | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

...Roberti), makes friends with all the members of the team and causes them to squabble with each other. It looks as if Klopstokia may lose after all until W. C. Fields begins lifting weights. He loses his temper while doing so. This causes him to raise a 1,000 Ib. lump which no one else can budge and hurl it so far that in addition to the first prize for lifting weights, he gets first prize in the shot-put. Most able runner in Klopstokia is a ratty major-domo (Andy Clyde). He practices, on the way to the games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 18, 1932 | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

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