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Word: jacked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...belligerents. The conferees agreed on non-partisan action for peace (but not, said Alf Landon afterward, to the point of forgoing partisan politics in 1940 and handing Franklin Roosevelt a third term). But they gave no committal whatsoever on the embargo. Franklin Roosevelt's biggest net gain was Jack Garner's potent support-at least for 30 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Opening Gun | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...even such black marks as Mr. Larry Clinton's persistent swipings from Tschaikowsky can cover up some of the fine playing done this year both on records and in person by a great many bands. Among the crop of new outfits, trombonists Jack Teagarden and Jack Jenny and pianist Teddy Wilson have units worth watching . . . The public's taste in jazz has kept on improving; consequently, Mr. Shaw is finding things just a bit more difficult. His tripe isn't quite as easy to pan-handle this year . . . Benny Goodman has broken the biggest unwritten law in jazz by having...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 9/30/1939 | See Source »

...Harvard men. It is to be hoped, however, that they do as well as last year in giving Boston a chance to hear music rather than Ruby Newman . . . At this writing, the Little Harlem, colored dine and dance spot right near the Raymor-Roseland corner, plans to have Jack Hill again. Hill has the finest small jump combo in town and is very swell for both listening and dancing...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 9/30/1939 | See Source »

Although two stars from last year's team have left college unexpectedly and although last year's Freshman team was somewhat below average and little material can be garnered from its remains, Coach Jack Carr is not in the least possibility about the 1929 soccer team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEVEN VETERANS BACK AS SOCCER TEAM MEETS | 9/26/1939 | See Source »

...capacity of its factories. Last week plants like Martin and Lockheed were hiring men as fast as they could be interviewed. They were not greatly worried about a shortage of skilled mechanics because army and civilian schools were turning them out by the hundreds. Black-browed West Pointer president Jack Jouett of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, who knows the capabilities of U. S. Aircraft factories as well as he knows where to find the throttle in any military airplane, calculated that within six months the industry could step up its production to 1,000 planes a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 1,000 Planes a Month? | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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