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Word: lifes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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When President Hoover named James William Good as Secretary of War, Mr. Davis, having no desire to retire to private life, yearned for a diplomatic post, preferably Paris. Last week he discussed his appointment almost pensively: "My duties will be far away, but they will, I believe, be interesting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: To Manila, Davis | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...Real tragedy swept the clouds when two planes, flying in close formation in the simulated air raid on Columbus, collided at 10,000 ft. Lieut. Edward L. Meadow was chewed to bits by the propeller of a plane piloted by Lieut. A. Fred Solter. Lieut. Solter, parachuting for his life, was carried to a hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Mimicry | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...King's illness in the ghoulish expectation of being the first posthumous biography. With the King's recovery, proof sheets of the volume were forwarded to Buckingham Palace for approval last week. Officials, horrified at the revelation of personal details in the King's private life, not only forbade its publication but sent special King's messengers to the publishers to suppress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...would serve to coordinate the older members of the unit. To consider these tables as the means to a weekly or Di-weekly meeting of the preceptors and not as a substitute for a common tutor and student table, puts a more pleasant light on an important side of life within the new halls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DOWN TO HARD PAN | 5/23/1929 | See Source »

Indeed Mr. Fuller has reinvented all the appurtenances of worksday life. The only thing left for him now, is the discovery of that elixir, by which man can double his span--so that he may satisfactorily enjoy the inevitable Millenium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DYMAXION | 5/22/1929 | See Source »

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