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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when you tell me, will you say if you mean that such are all who wish to see Harry Bridges deported? If you tell me this, tell me, too, what has happened to our feeling for the fine word patriot, that in this country, and, so far as I know, only in this country, people are ashamed of it and so often give it the sneering inflexion ? I am touchy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...long step; from there the virus may spread to whole universities, and then go on to infect the entire educational system. Thus do such efforts to eliminate totalitarianism breed of themselves the germ they seek to destroy, and although Professor Bridgman has repeatedly maintained that science must know no nationalism if it is to continue to contribute to universal civilization, his present action contradicts to an alarming extent these very words...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTOLERANCE | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

There is no need for any such course at Harvard when such information can be acquired with the present facilities. I suggest rather that duplicate copies of some books be purchased, followed by suitable publicity so that one would know their whereabouts. Charles H. Clark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...good swing, while at the same time playing with a precision that few colored bands ever reach. Ray Noonan (trombone), Stewy McKay (tenor sax), and Buddy Christian (drums) all contribute to the fine jazz which this band turns out. Compare Norvo's records of "Remember", "It's Wonderful", "I Know That You Know" with the same by Goodman, Dorsey, and Krupa to see why Norvo (shifting to Vocalion records shortly) plays really great swing...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...started out as minor second features, they had captured an ideal combination of humor and sentiment; now, as was probably inevitable, their success has prompted Hollywood to less care in their making, and they have become stereotyped. This is partly due, of course, to the fact that the audience knows perfectly well what is going to happen. They know that the Judge will become heavily involved in a deal and nearly lose everything; that Marion will fall in love with the wrong man, and have quite a time until her exasperatingly benevolent father straightens things out; that Andy and Becky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

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