Search Details

Word: kept (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...people's recreational abilities, then Finland's dogged tradition of excellence in sports is likely to stand her in good stead when some of the 3,500,000 Russians in Leningrad pour across the border. In any case it will be Goliath against a David who has kept in training for centuries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finn Stand Against Russia Is Typical Of Traditional Attitude Toward Sports | 11/7/1939 | See Source »

Republicans (the city administration is Democratic) suggested that, if the nudes were kept draped through the winter, the city might charge 10? a peek and so liquidate its record $3,332,000 deficit. Art lovers wanted the unveiling put off till spring, when the plaza would look more verdant and hopeful. Barrel-chested Mayor Bernard Francis Dickmann last week gathered himself together and chose a December date. Director of Streets and Sewers Frank J. McDevitt objected to the whole thing, on the ground that motorists would look at the nudes instead of watching where they were going. But St. Louis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Tempest in a Fountain | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Last week the trustees of hard-up Hopkins voted to accept the Shriver bequest, kept a discreet silence as to when, how and by whom the Baltimore Beauties would be immuralized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Baltimore Beauties | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Principal surprise was that when gross operating revenue humped sharply (18.3%) since last year, expenses were kept down so well that nearly all of the increase in revenue was brought down to net operating income. Typical of this policy was New York Central, whose gross jumped $5,900,000 (from $25,800,000 to $31,700,000) compared with September 1938, while its net operating income jumped $4,100,000 (from $2,200,000 to $6,300,000). On the other hand Pennsylvania, which in September was already hard at work repairing down-at-heel freight cars (such repairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Earnings | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...fact the margin of victory revolved on the superior and sensational kicking of Princeton's Bob Peters, who kept the Harvard offense beautifully boxed with coffin corner down deep in Crimson territory...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: Rejuvenated Squad Shows Improvement In Dropping Close Contest to Bengals | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Previous | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Next