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Word: losings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Adolf Hitler was practically hammering on the Capitol's dome when Franklin Roosevelt closed with a quotation from Abraham Lincoln: "This generation will 'nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. . . . The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just-a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Dictators Challenged | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...have characters to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 16, 1939 | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

Sophomore Ted Schoenberg was outwrestled by Eberle for the 128 pound class, and was followed by Richter, who once more sent the match in the overtime to lose by a close decision to Dick Palmer, a Princeton standout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRAPPLERS DROP MEET TO TIGERS BY ONE POINT | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...paper, John Sr. called a big one wrong. If Schmeling beat Joe Louis he promised to eat his hat. John ate a hat all right-a candy and cake creation. John Jr. lost no such wager, but dad's wrong guess was a blow. He said, "Did I lose prestige...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Kieran & Co. | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...proved a good advertising salesman but very small shakes as a publisher. In five years he has lost-one by sale, one by merger, one by forfeit- three of the papers into which millions of Curtis magazine profits were poured. Last week it appeared that Publisher Martin might soon lose his last one, the evening Public Ledger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ledger to Brush-Moore? | 1/2/1939 | See Source »

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