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Word: jog (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Newcastle, the supporting cast with Wesley Addy, Mark Smith and June Walker rounds out the complete whole. Despite its two stars the brilliance of "Twelfth Night" lies in its balance. From Margaret Webster's direction and Stewart Chaney's sets down to the last jigging dance, not a jog is amiss...

Author: By L. L., | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/22/1940 | See Source »

...this dream to reality when, as Linda Stewart, Cinemactress Carroll is taken by her wealthy admirer Baron de Courland (Tullio Carminati) on a jungle expedition led by dashing Jim Logan (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.). When the matter-of-fact Baron spends most of his time bagging specimens, Linda undertakes to jog him into jealousy and a proposal by flirting with Jim. The moment seems to have arrived when Linda and Jim, caught away from camp by a rainstorm, have to hole up in a tree for the night. No Columbia man, Cinemactor Fairbanks drops off to sleep. But he wakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 8, 1940 | 7/8/1940 | See Source »

Finally the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman frankly explained the gesture. It was intended to jog the U. S. into renewing her trade treaty with Japan. The present agreement, the Treaty of 1911, was denounced on July 26, and lapses on Jan. 26. By last week nothing had been done about renewal, and Japan was beginning to get panicky about the threat of embargo. The Cabinet might fall unless the U. S. reacted favorably to the Yangtze promise. "We anticipate American action," said Spokesman Yakichiro Suma, "with absorbing interest"-and before Christmas, he added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Bait Bitten | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

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