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Word: lofting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been turned up, owing to sleeping on her stomach". At the same time "she was just a lowborn girl, but none could beat her at playing the piano". And Mr. Withersq is no piker. He crashes right into a Bohemian festival the first night out, visits the exotic "Mauve Loft" the next morning and by evening has been officially appointed Head Poet of England...

Author: By A. C. B., | Title: LITERARY FOOLERY IS AGAIN RAMPANT | 10/19/1923 | See Source »

They asked Storekeepers Fitch (sporting goods), Van Raalt (silks), Huyler and Loft (candy), Macy and Wanamaker (all things), Truly Warner (hats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Political Notes: Oct. 15, 1923 | 10/15/1923 | See Source »

...forced the undergraduate to five sets before he succumbed. The score alone tells the story,6-3, 7-9, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Briggs lost most of his points by smashing the ball into the net, and was saved only by Coleman's inability to keep his loft from landing behind the service line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHEELER TO FACE BRIGGS IN FINALS | 10/11/1923 | See Source »

...York Stock Exchange seats of Henry E. Cone and George L. Loft (son of George W. Loft, candy man) were sold to W. A. Beaver and Arnold Wood, Jr., respectively, for the low price of $80,000 apiece -a decline of $2,000 from the last sale. Secretary Cox of the Exchange said: "These sales nail the lie that memberships are being offered at $75,000 and less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Cheap Seats | 9/10/1923 | See Source »

...cabin in the mountains " 17 or 18 miles from North Wilkesboro, N. C." In May, 1893, she met a violent death. Her husband was the sole witness. On his testimony the coroner's jury brought in a verdict of accidental death, caused by a fall from a loft in the cabin onto the stone hearth in front of the fireplace. In April, 1922, Ves Wingler was arrested, tried and convicted and the judgment affirmed by the Supreme Court carried an indeterminate sentence of from 25 to 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Mountaineers | 5/12/1923 | See Source »

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