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Word: lefts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last, long overdue, Penguin rumbled up to North Star's, Boston dock. There was still one ticklish job left-getting Penguin aboard. Since the monster was too big for its berth, ten feet of its tail had to be amputated with acetylene torches. Then, when the tide lifted the motorship's foredeck level with the dock, the cumbersome creature was rolled aboard on a specially built platform, lashed down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Monster | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...Hard-plugging Herbert Hoover toiled in Chicago last week, conferring, dining, planning with top Midwest GOP conservatives, left two impressions: 1) he will be "available" in 1940, 2) he would prefer Tom Dewey in the vice presidential role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Trail-Hitters | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...Circlers McNutt has been known as: 1) the man with that funny name, 2) a handsome Hoosier Hitler who once called out troops to quash a strike. By last week these New Deal intellectuals could no longer ignore Politician McNutt. What went on at the dinner-which Tommy Corcoran left early-only the guests knew-and they kept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Handsome Hoosier | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...various generals commanding various parts of the Allied line. They learned, for example, that General Gough's army was disposed strongly in its forward or battle zone, but weakly in the rear; that Lieut. General Butler's forces were organized with most of their strength to the left; that the British Buffs of the 18th Division were organized around a quarry. When the big push came, each of these positions received special treatment; Gough a tremendous bombardment just behind his battle line, cutting off his rear completely; Butler, an enveloping attack; the Buffs' quarry, a blasting from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Information, Please | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...British India steamer Sirdhana (7,745 tons) blew up last week as it left Singapore harbor. William ("The Great") Nicola, U. S. magician, lost tons of paraphernalia but he, his wife & troupe were saved. A gang of 137 Chinese deportees had to be turned loose from their prison in Sirdhana's forward hold, recaptured later. The third officer of a Japanese steamer moored nearby rushed to the rescue in a small boat. Blamed for the disaster was a recently derelict British mine, broken loose from the Singapore naval base defense field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: In-Fighting | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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