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Word: jove (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ever, been sought in weighty controversy. Sir Joseph chuckled as the Chernoff lecture began. Later he gazed into a newspaper with obvious boredom. When M. Chernoff gave his opinion that the Hahn painting was a Leonardo and that the Louvre painting was not a Leonardo, Sir Joseph mumbled: "By Jove! Sacrilege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Duveen on da Vinci | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...financial soundness is totally independent of the Dining Room with any regularity; and this is the part of the Union that will be most affected by the new regime. Its social and recreational importance may be much greater under the House Plan than now, unless the wisdom of Jove guides the selection of those living in the same House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNION'S FUTURE | 2/21/1929 | See Source »

Crowded streets echo "We want war!" Six thousand youths parade and shriek "Death to the enemy!" The Government incarnate, the very front of the people's Jove, places its hand in its waistcoat and replies patriotically "If war is necessary we will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SECOND HORSEMAN | 12/11/1928 | See Source »

Last week, Predicter Pierce was asked to predict further. Pleased, Predicter Pierce said he would "invoke Parnassus and jostle Jove on high Olympus for insight into the future." Then came his prophecies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Predicter Pierce | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

...some great steeds, bah Jove. There's Charley I've had him ever since old John Ringling brought me and the rest of the family to this country 15 years ago. And then, there's Thunder he was born in a terrific storm; that's how he got his name. He was nearly killed several years ago when he reared and struck his head going into a box car. It was just midnight on New Year's Eve some New Year present, eh wot? The other two are Ned and Johnny. Those horses are just like children to me look...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Horses! Horses! Horses!" Have Kept "Poodles" Bareback King for 15 Years--Ringling Brothers Rang Him In | 10/14/1927 | See Source »

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