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Word: jim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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More shocks followed. Pennsylvania's Jim Davis had been counted on to leave his Republican friends and vote for the higher figure, in deference to the 81,000 WPAsters in his State. "Nay!" he cried. Said his angry Democratic colleague, Joe Guffey, going over to him: "Shall I explain your vote to the people of Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: 93 Votes | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...House swimming team went down to defeat at the hands of a strong Exeter team Saturday, 53-13, as Jim Skinner, Exeter breaststroker, broke his own pool record for 100 yards by swimming the distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exeter Swimmers Sink House Team as Star Breaks Record | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Coach Jaako Mikkola's one-mile relay team of Hobart Lerner, Joe Donnelly, Frannie King and Jim Lightbody outran relay combinations from Princeton and Yale to win the Big Three winter title in the time of 3:26 to provide the big spark for Harvard Saturday night at the New York Millrose games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mile Relay Team Captures Big Three Title in New York | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...Jim Lightbody, Franny King, Joe Donnelly, and Hobart Lerner, running against Yale and Princeton in the Big Three heat of the mile relay, have their work cut out to beat the Tiger aggregation. A green Eli four does not look so formidable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miler, Two Mile Relay Teams, Sprinter, Hurdler Will Run in Millrose Games | 2/3/1939 | See Source »

...members of Congress (Borah, Sheppard, McNary, Sabath, Rayburn, Boland, etc. etc.) were there. But local chit-chat artists were truly swamped two nights later when the Roosevelts entertained the 76th Congress, swamped by the new faces presented and their political implications. At the Congressional Reception, Jim Farley held court in a receiving line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Parties & Men | 1/23/1939 | See Source »

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