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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...press, whose front pages already had demonstrated that whatever political sophisticates might think of the inquiry, the voters of the U. S. were reading about it. Unabashed, Mr. Dies promptly made more news by retorting that the President had not read the record and didn't know what he was talking about. Bellowed the chairman: "I shall continue to do my duty, undeterred and unafraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Dies and Duty | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...have entered upon a grim winter of discontent," Professor Laski said. "The power of reason to make itself heard is of necessity a declining power. I know of now case where a threatened class has abdicated from power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORCE OF PURE REASON DECLINING, SAYS LASKI | 11/5/1938 | See Source »

...possibly a bit on the tough (or naive) side, was strolling along Quincy Street. He seemed lost. Perceiving a man coming out of a brick house nearby, he shouted, "Say, buddy, d'ya know where this guy Gummere lives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING DIRECTS INNOCENT CAMARADERIE AT--GUESS WHO? | 11/4/1938 | See Source »

...week-ends, with alumni and transients doing much of the buying. Local liquor men are peeved that the Yale game is away this year. They count on old Eli to kick in with plenty. As for which Houses are the biggest consumers of bottled sunshine, no one seems to know. "They all buy plenty," said one old-timer. "Adams, Lowell, Leverett, Wigglesworth, Adams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Men Like Scotch, Rum Best, Local Liquor Men State | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

...capitalize on celebrities who know little about acting, the cinema long ago adopted the technique of casting them in roles related to but not identical with their activities in real life. This scheme has worked well with such heterogeneous oddities as the Dionnes, Sonja Henie, Lily Pons and Max Baer. The Arkansas Traveler can be regarded as another example of the same school. Robin Burns is a 42-year-old Arkansan who grew up in Van Buren, Ark., became an itinerant laborer, vaudeville comedian and hobo until he joined the Marines in 1917. Most noteworthy achievement of Robin Burns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures: New Pictures: Oct. 31, 1938 | 10/31/1938 | See Source »

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