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Word: janee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Friends of James A. Farley told how, professing to know nothing about horses, the Postmaster General had won $35 on a 17 ½-to-1 shot on a horse named Jane Ellen. Explained he: "Ellen was my mother's name and I like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 7, 1934 | 5/7/1934 | See Source »

...children, Peggy, Jane, and Seth, played respectively by Mary Carlisle, Mae Clark, and Tom Brown, all have interests, or rather complaints, of their own. In Peggy's case it is a too-young college girl's desire "to lead a life of her own" that causes the eventual smash and "disillusionment." Jane's trouble centers in her fiance, a too-practical, selfish man. Least likeable of all is Seth, whose chief hope in life is to make the best fraternity and wear the best clothes. It is Seth's automobile accident that finally arouses the family instants of the group...

Author: By R. M. P. jr., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 4/13/1934 | See Source »

...STOOD I-Jane Culver-Houghton Mifflin ($2). Promising first novel about a dreamy girl waking up from nursery-tale religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Books of the Fortnight | 4/2/1934 | See Source »

John Fairgoer was found to be 29.15 years old. Taller and heavier than the average World War veteran, he stood 5 ft. 8.1 in. high, weighed 153 Ib. Jane Fairgoer was two years older than John. She weighed 138 Ib., was 5 ft. 3.65 in. tall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fairgoers | 2/26/1934 | See Source »

...Jane was darker than John. Four out of ten women had brunette skins as against three out of ten men. Of the men 14.3% were golden blonds; of the women 10.6%. One-fifth of the men, one-sixth of the women had blue eyes. But twice as many women as men were redheads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fairgoers | 2/26/1934 | See Source »

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