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Word: jam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...place it was called by strange names-Borax, Benzoate, Coal Tar, Copper Sulfate, Saltpeter, Saccharin. Thus were those dishes named, each after a poison, out of sentiment. For, had it not been for Dr. Wiley, the names might have become the dishes, though they would have been called Bread, Jam, Sugar, Chocolate, out of sentiment. Each of the items on the menu of that feast was the name of an enemy Dr. Wiley had laid low many years ago in his crusade for pure foods and drugs. It was a long campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Wiley | 11/3/1924 | See Source »

...SOBS FOR SUBWAY JAM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Journalese | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

...SWAN-Royalty and morganatic love are mixed like gunpowder and jam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Apr. 21, 1924 | 4/21/1924 | See Source »

...anything that can beat Ralston for the nomination. Things are getting into a jam for the other men discussed for the head of the ticket, and it looks like they will use each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Burgeoning | 3/3/1924 | See Source »

...Brooklyn Bridge. She ends up wife and heir to the Morgan millions. This simple tale is unfolded amid a frenzy of dancing, rather unimpressive music, vast displays of color and a sprinkling of humor. Thousands of the public flocked to Little Nellie Kelly; the same thousands will doubtless jam the benches of the Liberty Theatre to enjoy the upward curve of Rosie's fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 7, 1924 | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

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