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Word: lets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...calls him "Walter." Old native-women selling Lei at the steamers josh with him in Hawaiian. When an enterprising young Jew sought to marry the daughter of a potent Gentile ship-operator, the girl's father, distressed, went to 'Walter' for help, advice. Said Mr. Dillingham: "Go on and let her marry him. She could do a whole lot worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Paradise | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...throng there was an observed exception. General Dawes . . . maintained intact his trousers. No doubt this addiction to trousers is a personal foible. Shall any then blame General Dawes? . . Of course not. . . . Let us more properly pay a tribute to the personal courage which consorts so well with his military rank, for it needs valor to become voluntarily the target of every glance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Canonibus Dawsiensis | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...concubines attending the young Emperor of China. But the latter was a degenerate. His energy was spent in painting the town violet. Ye-Ho-No-La's problem was to convert the imperial energy to her own use, to induce the Emperor to condescend enough to let her bear him an heir. A son she bore and not only covered herself with glory but became as well the famed Dowager Empress of China (1835-1908). She commanded China's 500 millions, decapitated numerous missionaries, took her fun where she found it, including the Yong-Lou of her childhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Doctor's Son | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...final hole. Heading for a trap to the left of the green the ball had stopped just short, in rough grass. The next thing Espinosa heard was a loud, but not wholehearted, cheer. Jones had pitched up, but his ball had stopped 12 feet short of the pin. "Let me look," blurted Espinosa and went to the locker room window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: National Open | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...Calamity Jane" is the name of the putter that sank the putt that made the tie that let Jones win the tournament. "Jeanie Deans" is the name of the driver that hooked the drives that got into the trouble that made it necessary for "Calamity Jane" to work hard. The man who made "Jeanie Deans" played in the tournament. He, Jack White of Scotland, 56, was the oldest competitor. He started out to be a major sensation by scoring a par 72 in the first round, including a freak shot on the lyth. With 175 yards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: National Open | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

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